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VISION.
During the past year numerous children have been
examined as regards their eyesight, and 19 have been advised
to have the condition remedied by attendance at a hospital.
Most of them have done so, and received great benefit, but
a small proportion of parents cannot afford to pay for the
spectacles when ordered. When the wage earner is only
in receipt of 25 or 30 shillings per week, and out of that
has to pay seven or eight a week for rent, it is obvious, if
there are many others in the family, that the importance of
spectacles will not appear to be of urgent necessity.
HEARING.
Several children have been advised to seek advice with
a view to the removal of Adenoids. They have derived much
benefit from this procedure, and their educational possibilities
much improved.
MINOR DEFECTS.
During the past year I have examined 1,665 children at
the office, and certificates have been given as to whether
they should attend school, according to the necessities of the
various cases.
Several cases of infectious disease have thus been discovered,
"dirty heads" ordered to be cleansed, and homes
from which neglected children have come have been visited
and cleansed, etc., on notice from the Public Health
Department.