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At the special clinics there were 674 children suffering from
various skin complaints, including scabies and impetigo (see Table
II. for analysis of figures), 9 cases of ringworm of scalp and 23
cases of ringworm of body.
External Eye Disease.
Out of 2,849 children examined at the routine inspections,
20 were found to have minor eye diseases including blepharitis and
conjunctivitis, whilst 9 had a squint.
In addition 57 were found at the special clinics to suffer from
the " minor " eye diseases, whilst 3 had squint.
Vision.
Out of 2,849 children examined at the routine inspections,
289 were found to have defective vision, 215 were referred for
treatment, 74 being kept under observation.
At the special clinics 81 children were referred for treatment
for defective vision.
It will be seen therefore that Routine Medical Inspection still
remains the way in which most of the visual defects are discovered.
Below are tables shewing an analysis of the findings at the
Routine Medical Inspection for this year as regards vision.
The total number examined for vision is not precisely the same
as the total number of children medically examined. In many
cases infants are unable to have their vision tested at their first
inspection—this is done at a subsequent re-inspection, but the
findings have not been included, as all the re-inspections have not
yet been made.
The numbers in the accompanying tables, therefore, refer to
the children whose vision was tested at their Routine Medical
Inspection in 1928. A few five years old children were examined,
but the number is so small that they have not been included in the
tables. All testing is done with the standard Snellens Test type—
infants being tested with my modification of Snellens test type
using only the five vowels in lower case type (as opposite) so that
the child is tested on the first letters it is familiar with exhibited
in the first type with which it is familiar. The conditions for
testing in the different schools are not strictly comparable—light