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74
Pigmented mole, upper lid — 1 (sent to Hospital for
operation)
(3) Degree of visual acuity (when unequal, the acuity of worse
eye)—
less
6/6 6/9 6/12 6/18 6/24 6/36 6/60 than 6/60
No. of children 57 45 44 38 43 33 19 21
High Myopia 2
(4) Varieties of Refractive Error—
Hypermetropia (long sight) 86
Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism 13
Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism 68
Myopia (short sight) 67
Simple Myopic Astigmatism 12
Compound Myopic Astigmatism 29
Mixed Astigmatism 9
Emmetropia (normal sight) 15
Squint.—Twenty-nine 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.—Two cases were seen during the year and
were kept under close observation.
The attendances at the Eye Clinics were as follows:—
Clinics held 69
Attendances—including those for "eye drops" 1,056
Retinoscopies 310
Prescriptions 288
Spectacles issued 226
Repairs 130
Others (reports, re-inspections etc.) 118
(g) Ear Diseases.—Seven cases of defective hearing were
seen and three were referred for the treatment of Adenoids,
Otitis Media or impacted cerumen. A deaf mute is attending
a Special School for the Deaf.
Forty-four 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.