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(f) EXTERNAL EYE DISEASE.
This type of disease includes Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis,
Corneal Ulcers, etc. They usually connote eye-strain and debility
(i.e. Blepharitis) or unhygienic surroundings. Table II. gives
the findings, which in the case of routines amount to 130, or .7
per cent.
(g) VISION AND SQUINT.
At Routine Inspection 1,398 cases were referred for refraction
and 202 for Squint, which amounts to 8.5% defective vision not
already adequately provided for. In addition there were 841
specially selected cases.
(h) EAR DISEASE AND DEAFNESS.
The testing of hearing is part of the routine examination of
every child. There were 96 deaf children among the routines and
38 among the Specials.
(i) DENTAL DEFECTS.
The teeth are examined by the School Doctors as a matter of
routine, and all defects referred for treatment. 190 Routines
and 23 Specials were so referred.
A special Dental Inspection is made of all children recommended
for the Open Air Schools at Fyfield, and Crosby Road, and
the Ogilvie School of Recovery, Clacton. Defective teeth are put
in order before admission.
(j) CRIPPLING DEFECTS.
Marked crippling defects are seldom found among the Elementary
School children, having been previously segregated out
at the Special Schools. This may be done before school life, on
first admission to school life, or at the examination of Exceptional
children, which occurs annually.
Quarterly medical examinations are carried out at the
Special Schools for the admission of crippled children. Certain
children already on the roll are examined at the same time as
regards fitness for continued attendance or return to elementary
schools.
The following Table gives an analytical classification of all
the children who were due for presentation at the four Admission
examinations at the two Special Schools during the year 1931.
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