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This is mainly due to the fact that the Assistant School
Medical Officer has charge of the work and sees the children from
two points of view; not only as medical inspector in the schools,
but also as the Medical Officer in charge of the Eye work.
In addition to this the teachers have been asked to report at
once any cases where children are not using their glasses or where
they notice any difficulty in reading, or where the glasses may
seem out of shape.
289 Cases of visual defect were submitted for refraction at
the Clinic, whilst 13 children were treated privately or at hospitals.
In 219 cases spectacles were prescribed and in 213 cases were
provided by the Education Authority, and 11 children obtained
spectacles privately.
Spectacles are provided at an all round price of 5/6'a pair, and
a definite scale of charges for repairs is issued when spectacles
are prescribed. Necessitous cases are referred to the Medical
Inspection Sub-Committee, and spectacles are supplied free or at
a reduced cost, according to the circumstances.
Dental Defects.
1,977 Children were treated by the School Dentist under the
Local Education Authority's Scheme and 884 re-treated. Further,
12 attended the Dental Clinic and were referred elsewhere for
treatment, e.g., hospital, and 9 attended the Clinic but refused
treatment.
Dental Work.
(See pages 37 to 39).
Open Air Education.
There is no open air school in the district, the only open air
education being comparatively few classes held in the playground
in the summer. There is a great demand for an open air school,
as there are a considerble number of children who could attend
such a school with benefit, from the point of view of education
and also from the point of view of their physical well-being due
to the proper feeding, rest, etc., which form such an important
part of an open air school curriculum. There are a considerable
number of border-line cases with which it is very difficult at present
to deal. They cannot attend an ordinary day school and hope
to cops with its curriculum. Their power of concentration is sadly
lacking, and one feels that on the whole, the child is better running