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Defective Vision and Squint.—From all sources 102 cases
recommended for treatment, 71 being treated by the Council's
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mr. Charles Blair, F.R.C.S., and 2 at hospitals.
In 64 cases glasses were prescribed and obtained in each case.
Systematic supervision was kept over all children for whom glasses had
been prescribed and lists of these furnished to head teachers at intervals.
In 10 cases glasses were repaired or renewed where found to be lost or
broken.
Ringworm of the Scalp.—Twenty-one cases of ringworm of
the scalp were discovered, of which 17 were treated effectually and
successfully by the Committee's Radiographer, Mr. George Blake.
This treatment by X-Rays continues, as usual, to produce most satisfactory
and speedy cures, and was agreed to, almost without demur, by
the parents.
Dental Inspection and Treatment.—The School Dentist,
Mr. George Wonlfoid, made as many inspections in the schools as was
possible, but the greater part of his time was devoted to treatment at
the Clinic.
Towards the end of the year it was found necessary to discontinue
special dental inspections, except in a few cases referred by the School
Medical Officer for opinion. A commencement was, however, made of
routine re-inspection of those children already treated two to three years
ago, but the time, half day a week, at present devoted to dentaj
inspection and treatment has been found quite inadequate to deal with
more than a small part of the dental defects. It is obvious that as soon
as conditions permit, the amount of time devoted to dental inspection
and treatment must be considerably increased. When the medical
inspection of the intermediate group of children aged eight to nine was
made nothing was more striking than the improvement noted in the
condition of the mouths of those who had been treated by the School
Dentist between the ages of six and eight. As before, all extractions
were made under nitrous oxide ("gas") anaesthesia. The School
Medical Officer administered anaesthetics to 308 children, an increase
of 100 cases over the figure for the previous year.