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hundred and sixteen with other diseases of the skin received
treatment at this clinic.
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Disease. Details of
the work of the Refraction Clinic are given in Table IV, Group II.
This clinic is held every Monday afternoon from 2 to 4.30.
Occasionally during the year it was necessary to hold further
sessions on Thursday afternoons.
The Refraction Clinic continued to be well attended and
the table given hereunder shows the number of children who
received treatment.
New cases (examined for the first time) 77
Old cases (re-examinations) 167
Re-attendances 251
Total 495
Of the twenty-one cases of myopia examined six were found
to be suffering from higher degrees of short sight where the
refractive error was greater than minus four dioptres.
Where necessary, instructions were sent to the Head
Teachers of the schools which the children attended, modifying
the curriculum with a view to preventing the condition becoming
more marked. Similar advice was also given to the parents.
The children suffering from myopia are re-examined at the
clinic twice a year.
Children suffering from other types of defective vision are
re-examined in the schools during each visit of the medical
inspector and where necessary new appointments are sent for
them to re-attend the Refraction Clinic.
In a few instances difficulty was experienced in persuading
parents to provide spectacles for their children. The assistance
102
Glasses were prescribed in eighty-six cases, and the
following figures indicate the errors of refraction found.
Hypermetropia 15
Hypermetropia and Astigmatism 18
Hypermetropic Astigmatism 7
Myopia 21
Myopia and Astigmatism 19
Myopic Astigmatism 6