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65
High Myopia : Two cases were seen during the year, and
are kept under close observation, one being recommended for a
Special School.
The attendances at the Eye Clinics were as follows:—
Clinics held 81
Attendances (including those for "eye drops") 1765
Retinoscopies 212
Prescriptions 204
Spectacles issued 192
Others (reports, re-inspections and repairs) 550
(g) Ear Diseases : Nineteen cases of defective hearing were
seen and 13 were referred for the treatment of Adenoids, Otitis
Media or impacted cerumen, and two were recommended for
Special Schools for the Deaf.
Eighty-one cases of Otitis Media were treated during the
year and four quiescent cases were kept under observation.
Whenever possible the Adenoid growths of the children were
treated by operation.
(h) Dental Treatment: Miss Loretz, the School Dental
Surgeon, reports :—
5,172 children were inspected during the year. Of these
4,229 were seen at the routine inspections carried out in the
schools, 537 were examined at the special Leavers' Inspections
held at the Clinic at the end of each term, and the remaining
406 were emergency cases referred by the School Medical Officer,
all being either new children or absentees from the Routine
Dental School Inspection. Of the 4,229 children inspected at
the schools, 1,382 had not been examined for 16 to 18 months.
At the end of the year six schools were still awaiting inspection,
i.e., approximately 1,400 children.
The condition of the permanent teeth as recorded at the
routine inspections compared with the previous years is as
follows:—
1933 1932
Saveable Permanent Teeth per 100
children 98 87
Unsaveable Permanent Teeth per 100
children 16 12
The increase in the number of unsaveable permanent teeth
is the direct and regrettable result of the increased period