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Children under Local Authority.
Refractions 615
Spectacles prescribed 574
Spectacles obtained by end of year 563
Secondary Scholars.
Refractions 32
Spectacles prescribed 32
Spectacles obtained by end of year 30
One hundred and twenty-six sessions were held during the year which gives an average of
18 appointments per session with an average attendance of 17. This figure includes several
sessions held during the holidays for the purpose of handing out spectacles prescribed at the end
of the term, when the numbers were necessarily smaller than at an ordinary session.
Isleworth sessions are definitely smaller than the Hounslow ones, because the numbers consenting
to treatment are fewer. At Isleworth the work is always up-to-date and appointments
can usually be given within a week of the consent being received, whereas at Hounslow there is
always a waiting list and 4-6 weeks is an average delay before the child can be seen.
Excluding the 16 sessions held at Isleworth after the fire when Hounslow and Isleworth
children were called together, the number of sessions at each centre was:—
HOUNSLOW 74 sessions
ISLEWORTH 36 sessions
Appointments (excluding Secondary Scholars).
Hounslow 1451 giving an average of 19.60 per session.
Isleworth 459 giving an average of 12.75 per session.
Attendances (excluding Secondary Scholars).
Hounslow 1358 giving an average of 18.35 per session.
Isleworth 423 giving an average of 11.75 per session.
E. L. ROBERTS,
Deputy School Medical Officer.
(e). Nose and Throat Defects.
Four hundred and seventy-five children were referred for treatment on account of nose
and throat defects. Of this number, 110 were operated on under the arrangements made by the
Authority with the Hounslow and Richmond Hospitals in 1921, 45 received operative treatment by
private arrangement of the parents, and 7 cases received other forms of treatment.
Our methods of arranging operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids remain the same as
in past years. A child must be referred for treatment by one of the Medical Officers and the
parents are then given an application form on which they are asked to state details of their income
and outgoings, number in family, etc. As soon as this form is completed and returned, it is
forwarded to the Education Secretary who fixes the amount the parents shall be asked to contribute
towards the cost of the operation. The parents are then asked to give their written consent
to the operation, and when this is received the child's name and address is sent to the appropriate
Hospital. The hospitals make the appointment for treatment, and the Authority pays one guinea
for each case operated on.