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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.
297 Cases of visual defect were submitted for refraction at
the Clinic, whilst 10 children were treated privately or at hospitals.
In 257 cases spectacles were prescribed and in 250 cases were
provided by the Education Authority, and 8 children obtained
spectacles privately.
Spectacles are provided at an all round price of 4/6 a pair, and
a definite scale of charges for repairs is issued when spectacles
are prescribed. 113 pairs of glasses were sent for repair during the
year.
Necessitous cases are referred to the Medical Inspection SubCommittee,
and spectacles are supplied free or at a reduced cost,
according to the circumstances.
Dental Defects.
3,132 Children were treated by the School Dentist under the
Local Education Authority's Scheme and 1,419 re-treated.
Further, 90 attended the Dental Clinic and were referred elsewhere
for treatment, e.g., hospital and 22 attended the Clinic but refused
treatment.
Dental Work.
(See pages 39-44).
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 considerable number of children who would 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 cope with its curriculum. Their power of concentration is sadly
lacking, and one feels that on the whole, the child is better running
about in the fresh air, and even mud larking under what might