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Contagious Impetigo : The 92 eases noted were mostly 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.
(/) 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 ").
252 children were treated in these clinics during the year and an
analysis of the results is shewn below :—
(1) Spectacles prescribed 229
Spectacles issued 221
(four other children obtained spectacles at Hospitals)
(2) Conditions other than refractive error found during
examination—
Squint 26
Chronic Blepharitis 5
Interstitial Keratitis 1
Nystagmus 1
Migraine 3
Blind in one eye 1
Congenital Cataract 1

(4) Varieties of Refractive Error—
Hypermetropia (long sight) 80
Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism 19
Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism 57
Myopia (short sight) 43
Simple Myopic Astigmatism 2
Compound Myopic Astigmatism 22
Mixed Astigmatism 11
Emmetropia (normal sight) 7