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(d) Visual Defects & External Eye Diseases. Provision of Contact
Lens. Following an accident a boy aged 14 was advised at a local
hospital to obtain a contact lens. Application for financial
assistance was made to your Committee and later was approved by the
Board of Education, the total cost being £6. The lens was supplied
and a follow up examination at the end of the year showed that the
boy had no trouble in fitting, nor in getting used to the lens.
Growth from 5' 8" to 5' 10½" has not interfered with the fit of the
lens.
The boy was then employed as a plumbers mete and found that the
the lens helped him at his work. He was wearing the lens for three
hours in the morning and in the evening.
The provision of the contact lens in this case appears to have
been successful.
Dr. Sheppard has kindly contributed the following account of
the work done during 1943
"There were 394 new cases seen at the Eye clinic during 1943
and these, as well as the ordinary periodical inspections, made
2232 attendances. The following tables summarise the defects
found in the new cases. There were no alterations mode in the
clinic routine during the year"
Under
7 yrs
7-11
yrs
Over 11
yrs
Secondary
Schools
Total
Bys
Gls
Bys
Gls
Bys
Gls
Bys
Gls
Boys
Girls
Hypermetropia
7
1
14
6
8
4
3
5
32
16
Hypermetropic
Astigmatism
1
2
8
14
12
13
3
3
24
32
Myopic
Astigmatism
-
-
-
6
1
4
8
4
9
14
Mixed
Astigmatism
1
-
4
5
9
6
-
2
14
13
Myopia
-
2
5
8
23
27
5
16
33
53
Various
13
22
25
21
24.
28
7
14
69
85
Totals
22
27
56
60
77
82
26
44
181
213
The details of the group described as various are as follows
Defects
Boys
Girls
Total
Squint
21
25
46
Headaches, anaemia, styes, debility etc.
15
15
30
No visual defects.
35
43
78
The Orthoptist has continued her work during the year with
excellent results".
The following report on the work of the Orthoptic clinic has
been given by Miss G.H.Montague Smith, Orthoptist:-
New cases 70. Old cases 69. No. of attendances 1387.
Cases attending for tests only 58
Failure to attend regularly 2
Unsuitable for treatment 4
Left school, evacuated, moved or transferred 5
waiting list (See also cases treated for Amblyopia) 13
Cases treated for Amblyopia 17. Of these 17 cases, 9 are now ready
for orthoptics and therefore on waiting list, 6 are still on
treatment and 2 were unresponsive.
9.