[Report 1966] / School Medical Service, Dunbarton County Council.

  • Dumbartonshire (Scotland). County Council. School Medical Service.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / School Medical Service, Dunbarton County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XI 1959 AGE GROUP —EYE EXAMINATIONS Slight Visual Defect: 6.9—6.12 Marked Visual Defect: 6.18 or wor»e (Snellen's Test at 6 Metres) BOYS GIRLS TOTAL No. % o Z No. % Total Number of Children Examined 1368 — 1262 | — 2630 — Normal Vision 1206 88.15 1112 88.11 2318 88.13 Slight Defect (Both Eyes) 90 6.57 85 6.73 175 6.65 Marked Defect (Both Eyes) 14 1.02 11 0.87 25 0.95 | Slight Defect (One Eye) 47 3.43 47 3.72 94 3.57 Marked Defect (One Eye) ... 11 0.80 7 0.55 18 0.68 Unreliable Results — — — — — — For Refraction 37 2.70 36 2.85 73 2.77 Number of Children found Wearing Glasses 52 3.80 33 2.61 85 3.23 Strabismus 14 1.02 10 0.79 24 0.91 Blepharitis 2 0.14 — — 2 0.07 Conjunctivitis — — — — — — Corneal Ulcers or Opacities — — — — — — Colour Vision Defect 33 2.41 2 0.15 35 1.35 Others — 1 0.07 1 0.03 Note.—When a child has defective vision of slight defect and marked defect together, the defect has been classified according to the better eye grouping. Table XII 1959 AGE GROUP — EAR EXAMINATIONS Total Number of Children Examined Normal Hearing Defective Hearing Grades Otorrhoea Otitis Media Others I IIa IIb HI No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Boys 1339 1337 99.85 2 0.14 — — — — — — — — Girls 1206 1202 99.66 4 0.33 — — — — — — — — — Total 2545 2539 99.76 6 0.23 — — — — — — — — — Grade I — Children who can hear ordinary conversational voice between 20 feet and over. Grade IIa— Children in this Grade can be educated in the ordinary school. Grade IIb— Children in this Grade require special school education. Grade III — Children in this Grade can hear and understand the conversational voice at not more than 2 feet if at all.