Show TO AT A ITTY TT tr TT 7 IT O MANY DEFECTIVE EYES Es EsIN 1 Lf j Ai Y Li Li 1 IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Dr Whitney Says Sa s From 12 to 15 Per Cent of Pupils Pu- Pu i. i pHs pus pils Have Imperfect Vision Telegraphic advices ad from rom New York state that at least 00 children In Inthe inthe th the New York city pu public schools are afflicted a with a contagious disease l se p of or the eye ee called trachoma or granulation of or the eyelids The disease 11 has affected one one- sixth one of ot the school p population r of or the city of r Ne New Ne York and i is spreading The disease was believed ell to have hn be been een n Introduced c d by Immigrants who contracted contracted con con- It b by living JI In unhealthful surrounding Dr Whitney medical t. t examiner of the Salt Lake schools said toda today that diseases of DC the eye are arc I tl common In the schools here than In tn inmany many other cities of the countr country He lie ascribes this to the act fact that all of the Salt Lake schools are modern In their lighting lighting- arrangements and are sanitary In nearl nearly every ery respect The percentage percenta e of or trachoma is lr very low and there are arc but few cases case In the city There of or defective vision In Jn the ar fire are however howe man many cases case public schools from Crom torn 12 to 15 per cent o the p pupils here eight Near sightedness Near Is 15 the greatest trouble with the e eyes es of r the Salt Lake I children This Is an hereditary trouble to a a. certain extent and Is yer very frequently fre Ire aggravated b by Improper habits of oC study and b by the poor lighting of th homes of or the pupils Contagious lous diseases es of or the eyes ces are very rare here though h cas cases s are occasionally met with It h. h There are a number umbe of oC the pupils of the schools who ho are arc almost entire entirely color blind an and there are numerous cases I of ot astigmatism |