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treated with a lotion containing Zinc and Copper Sulphate or
with Flavine, followed by ointments containing Zinc and
Ammoniated Mercury.
(e) External Eye Diseases : All the cases of Blepharitis,
Conjunctivitis and Corneal Ulcer were successfully treated at
the Clinics.
(/) Vision : Defects of vision are treated in the Eye Clinics
at Brentford and Chiswick. All children are examined by
Retinoscopy after the application of a mydriatic (" eye drops ").
Two hundred and twelve children were treated in these Clinics
during the year, and an analysis of the results is shewn below :—
(1) Spectacles prescribed 204
Spectacles issued 192
(2) Conditions other than refractive error found during
examination:
Squint 23
Chronic Blepharitis 7
Congenital Cataract 1
Corneal Ulcer 1
Congenital Ptosis 2
Migraine 3
Mentally Deficient 2
(3) Degree of visual acuity (when unequal, the acuity of worse
eye):
less
than
6/6 6/9 6/12 6/18 6/24 6/36 6/60 6/60
No. of children 43 23 12 21 40 40 13 20
High Myopia ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
(4) Varieties of Refractive Error :
Hypermetropia (long sight) ... 76
Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism ... ... 27
Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism ... 43
Myopia (short sight) ... ... ... ... 22
Simple Myopic Astigmatism ... 7
Compound Myopic Astigmatism ... ... 20
Mixed Astigmatism ... ... ... ... 10
Emmetropia (normal sight) ... ... ... 7
Squint: Twenty-three cases were treated at the Clinic by
means of glasses to correct the errors of refraction that are
almost invariably present. These, together with cases seen in
previous years, attend at regular intervals for re-inspection.