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Ringworm of the Body: The 18 cases mentioned in
Table II were all treated in the Clinics with preparation of
Iodine, followed by ointment of Ammoniated Mercury
Scabies: 42 cases of this disease occurred, and most of
them yielded rapidly to treatment with Kathiolan.
Contagious Impetigo: It is pleasing to record the marked
diminution in the number of cases of this disease in the schools.
At one time the bulk of the work in the Minor Ailment Clinics
was the treatment of these cases which numbered hundreds in
the year. During 1934 48 cases only were recorded.
Children suffering from this disease attend the Minor
Ailment Clinics daily where their sores are 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.
(f) 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 ").
198 children were treated in these Clinics during the year, and
an analysis of the results is shewn below
(1) Spectacles prescribed 194
Spectacles issued 204
(The latter number includes 10 spectacles prescribed at the
end of the preceding year.)
(2) Conditions other than refractive error found during
examination:
Squint 23
Chronic Blepharitis 3
Congenital Cataract 2
Corneal Ulcer 1
Nictitation 1
Mentally Deficient 1
Congenital Deafness 1
Blind in one eye (injury) 1
(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 24 30 6 14 46 31 17 25
High Myopia 4