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School Visits:—
Attendance at Medical, Dental and Eye Inspection 130
Additional visits to Schools in connection with
examinations as to general cleanliness, hair, etc. 498
Total number of visits to Schools 628
"Domiciliary" Visits:—
Visits re cases of ringworm 100
Visits re defects found at time of Medical Inspection
and general "following up" 535
Visits re uncleanliness of head, etc. 228
Total number of visits to homes 863
Diseases of the Eye.
During the course of inspection 74 children were found
to have defective vision—37 boys and 37 girls. In 35 cases
external diseases of the eye were met with, as compared with
18 for last year. The following table shews the diseases
discovered:—
Infts
Interm.
Leavers.
Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls
Blepharitis
5
6
5
7
5
4
Conjunctivitis
1
—
—
—
—
—
Ulceration of
Cornea
1
—
—
—
—
—
Corneal Opacities
—
1
—
—
—
—
Eye Clinic.
Since 1914 special attention has been given to diseases of
the eye and errors of refraction.
During the year the number of attendances at the Eye
Clinic was 311. and the number of new patients 155.