| Show IN UTAI SCHOOLS A nationwide survey of eyesight conditions in american education and industry has been undertaken by the eye sight conservation council of america it is announced at the national headquarters of the council in new york As to industry the aim ot of the survey according to guy A henry general director of the council is to disclose the relation between defective def tive vision and the efficiency of the nations millions of workers As to education it is purposed to ascertain what steps have been taken by the school to measure the extent of poor eye sight and to make effective prevent auve anve provision the eye sight councils survey marking the start of the research program recently adopted by the board of directors has set out to reveal the effect of incorrect vision upon production it has prepared a questionnaire question aire designed to show increase in individual performance decreases in accidents increase in production and decrease in spoilage the extent of color blindness tile the number of blind in one eye the number totally blinded hours lost due to eye accidents equivalent wages tor for lost time use of goggles cost of eye protection service and total number ot of eye injuries are other objectives this questionnaire question aire alre has been sent out to the industrial and commercial establishments located in the principal cities of the country in the school survey the council is trying to reveal what provisions are being made to eliminate glare from light sources windows polished surfaces blackboards etc one of the most important questions to which the council seeks to provide satisfactory answer is the relationship of defective vision to retardation tar dation the councils school survey extends to practically the entire union A questionnaire question aire alre has been prepared and sent to the superintendent of schools in numerous utah cities including salt lake city ogden logan and murray and perhaps richfield the eye sight conservation council Is conducting a national movement for the conservation of vision in the schools statistics covering many years show that nine out of every ten persons over twenty one usually have imperfect sight at thirty one the proportion is larger above forty ii IE is almost impossible to find a man or woman with perfect sight it was learned by the examination of several thou thousand and school children in one of our large cities that rixsy six per cent of them had defective vision proper lighting of schools it is said will go tar far toward eliminating these evils glare according to prof F C caldwell of the department of electrical engineering ohio state university and a member of the board of directors of the eye sight conservation council is a prolific source of poor eyesight commissioner of education john J says that retardation of pupils is probably due in some degree to unfavorable vision |
