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DEFECTIVE COLOUR VISION. The Ishihara Test, which is widely used for the detection
of the various forms of colour defect, has been used in the School Health Service for
many years, but only in the case of children attending grammar and other higher schools,
for boys who have entered for Sea Training Scholarships, and for those children who
propose entering services where correct colour discrimination is necessary. Defective
colour vision is of fairly frequent occurrence in males-about one in every 20 being
affected, but is much less common among girls. It is such a severe handicap in certain
occupations that it is clearly in the child's interests that it should be discovered
before his career is decided.

REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE AURAL CLINICS
by
C.J.SCOTT, M.B.,Ch.B., D.L.O.
The E.N.T. Clinic continues to form a valuable part of the School Health Services
and it is gratifying to record that the parents appreciate the opportunity of having the
children regularly examined and supervised. There was a fall in the number of cases as
compared to the previous year, but the attendances still continue to be satisfactory.
The following is a statistical analysis of the cases:-
CASES SEEN AT STRATFORD AND ROSETTA ROAD E.N.T. CLINICS FROM 1st JANUARY, 1952 TO
31st DECEMBER, 1952.
Total new cases examined during the year 436
School Children 317
Maternity & Child Welfare 119
Number of attendances 1,662
School Children 1,442
Maternity & Child Welfare 220
Referred for Tonsil and Adenoid Operations 98
School Children 92
Maternity & Child Welfare 6
Referred for other operations (School Children) 3
Number discharged 141
School Children 114
Maternity & Child Welfare 27
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