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Show EYE IXSPECTOK Bearer County children hava eyes. So says Dr. Alexander Heas-ley, Heas-ley, who has Just completed fnipeet-lng fnipeet-lng our schools. Out of 1 138 children examlsei, he found 13S cases with defeettra eyes and In most instances aoain-tions aoain-tions can be remedied by tha props use of lenses. He found no cases of traeena a granulated eye lids. He found mni inflaraation of the eye lid caused Irf eye strain. This defect 1 not ton gious and can be remedied by t UBe of lenses combined with y wash. In the entire county the percentage percen-tage of defects is between 11 and II per cent, Mlnersville, where the hft-dren hft-dren showed the best condition, ta a percentage of defects of only sii. Some school districts In t6a stata show 35 to 50 per cent. |