[Report 1913] / School Health Service, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (England). School Health Service.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / School Health Service, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Squint. The condition of squint is very often associated with either external disease of the eye or with errors of refraction. The condition was noticed in 59 cases as follows. Associated with External Squint. Refraction errors. Eye Disease. Boys ... ... 29 8 1 Girls ... ... 30 9 Total ... 59 ] 7 1 Per cent. ... 4 29 (of all squint cases) .... The true percentage of cases of squint due to associated error of refraction is probably much higher as many cases occurred in children too young to be tested by Snellen’s types. As regards the children wearing glasses at school, of whom there were 39, it was found that of the 17 boys 9 were also suffering from squint, and of the 22 girls 3 squinted. There were 5 children, 4 boys and 1 girl, whose vision was defective because of permanent external eye disease, and in 1 case —a girl—nystagmus was responsible. Hearing. The forced whisper was not used in every case, but in 36 cases defective hearing was detected, viz. : 15 boys and 21 girls. This gives a percentage of 2’5. Vaccination. The evidence as regards vaccination was as follows :— Sex, Unvaccinated. Per cent. Vaccinated but showing no marks. Per cent. Number Examined Males 85 11*5 10 1*2 736 Females 64 8*9 12 1*6 714 Total ... 149 10*2 22 1*5 1450 The remainder or over <38 per cent, may be regarded as successfully vaccinated. In 1912 this percentage was over 91. The proportion of unvaccinated children was largest in the case of entrants.