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NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT

The Director wishes also, at this time, to express his appreciation of the election of Dr. Reginald Fitz as President, and Mr. Ralph Lowell as Vice-President of the Corporation. Both have been associated with Perkins for some time, are intimate with its problems, and are men to whom the Director can turn for help and guidance. The fresh outlook of these two new officers, supplemented by Mr. Chase's year of experience, assures Perkins of strong leadership in the years to come.

GABRIEL FARRELL, Director.

DEARTMENT OF HEALTH

OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S REPORT

During the year fifty-two new children were examined. Dr. Hugo B. C. Reimer, who so kindly relieved me during the war, started the year and carried on until I was released from active duty in the Armed Forces on January 18, 1946. The following is a classification of the causes of blindness found in these children.

EYEBALL:

REFRACTIVE ERRORS:

STRUCTURAL ANOMALIES:

DEGENERATIVE CHANGES

CORNEA:

CRYSTALLINE LENS

IRIS:

CHOROID AND RETINA:

OPTIC NERVE:

MISCELLANEOUS AND ILL-DEFINED:

One hundred and seven visits were made to the Eye Clinic at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and of these, thirty were examined for glasses. Since April my associate, Dr. Joseph M. Clough, has come to the School to do refractions rather than have them make a special trip to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. A total of fifty-four children were refracted at the School during the school year. Thirty-six pairs of new glasses were obtained and many were repaired. Fourteen prostheses were purchased.

The following operations have been performed:

The following conditions have been treated at the Massachusetts Eve and Ear Infirmary:

Arrangements have been made for three eye operations this summer.

TRYGVE GUNDERSEN, M.D.

NURSE'S REPORT

The following is the report of the Medical Department at Perkins Institution for the year 1945-1946.

Operations:

Fractures:

Communicable diseases

Chest X-rays taken by Public Health tuberculosis clinic. All new children. Staff and household help. All boys who had not been X-rayed in three years.

Middlesex Sanatorium

Admissions to the hospitals for causes other than operations.

Massachusetts General Hospital:

Boston Psychopathic Hospital

Haynes Memorial Hospital

Holy Ghost Hospital

This year Dr. Abbott, a neurologist from the Massachusetts General Hospital, came out to Perkins to examine eight of the children with neurological problems.

Every child in the Upper School went to Forsyth Dental Clinic for prophylactic treatments.

Every child in Lower School had prophylactic treatment done by a representative from Tufts Dental School as a part of a project to determine the value of various methods of using sodium fluonne in the control of tooth decay.

The Federal Government Public Health Service did a urinalysis for sugar and a blood sugar on every student, and on every member of the staff who is blind or partially sighted, in an attempt to make the public as aware of diabetes as it is of cancer and tuberculosis.

The medical department has had a satisfactory year with very little contagion. We have had one death: Mary Ellen Pike died of carcinoma at the Holy Ghost Hospital on June 16.

One hundred twenty-one clinic visits have been made to the various medical clinics at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

During the first part of the year Dr. Kinsey looked after the medical needs of the children. Due to illness in the early spring she was forced to turn her work at Perkins over to Dr. Victor G. Balboni.