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Scabies.—29 ca of this disease occurred and most of them
yielded rapidly to treatment with Kathiolan.
Contagious Impetigo.—The 71 cases noted were all of a
mild type and quickly yielded to treatment.
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"). 223 children were treated in these clinics during the
year and an analysis of the results is shown below:—
(1) Spectacles prescribed 216
Spectacles issued 201
(Three other children obtained spectacles at hospitals).
(2) Conditions other than refractive error found during
examination:—
Squint 30
Chronic Blepharitis 6
Corneal Opacities 1
Nystagmus 1
Migraine 4
Blind in one eye (injury) 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 35 25 8 17 44 38 20 22
High Myopia 2
(4) Varieties of Refractive Error:—
Hypermetropia (long sight) 64
Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism 18
Compound Hpyermetropic Astigmatism 77
Myopia (short sight) 27
Simple Myopic Astigmatism 5
Compound Myopic Astigmatism 19
Mixed Astigmatism 9
Emmetropia (normal sight) 5