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Squint: Twenty-six cases were treated at the Clinic by
means of glasses to correct the errors of refraction- that are
almost invariably present, and one was sent to hospital for
operative treatment. These, together with cases seen in
previous years, attend at regular intervals for re-inspection.
High Myopia : One case was seen during the year and was
kept under close observation.
The attendances at the Eye Clinics were as follows :—
Clinics held 81
Attendances—including those for " eye drops ") 1,228
Retinoscopies 252
Prescriptions 229
Spectacles issued 221
Repairs 260
Others (reports, re-inspections, etc.) 178
(g) Ear Diseases : Fourteen cases of defective hearing were
seen and 13 were referred for the treatent of Adenoids, Otitis
Media or impacted cerumen. One, a deaf mute, was recommended
for a Special School for the Deaf.
Sixty-one cases of Otitis Media were treated during the year.
Whenever possible, the Adenoid growths of the children were
treated by operation.
We continued to obtain satisfactory results by treating with
spirit drops and the insufflation of a powder of Boracic Acid and
Iodine. When the new Clinic is opened in Brentford it will be
possible to use ionisation for the treatment of these cases.
(h) Dental Treatment: Miss M. M. Loretz, the School Dental
Surgeon, reports :—
In 1937 3,223 children were inspected in the course of
17 routine inspections held in the schools. Seven schools with a
total average attendance of 1,200 children had not been
inspected by the end of the year. This represents 24 per cent,
of the Elementary School population of the district.
The number of inspections recorded under " Specials
consists of (a) 934 children who attended at the clinic for
inspection, the majority being new admittances since, or
absentees from, the routine school inspection, and (b) 477
Leavers inspected in the course of 10 special sessions as
described in previous reports. 75 per cent, of these Leavers