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Show REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS ' i ; ' ; ' : years has been successfully te.-iel In tli! wiiy and In many cases conditions condi-tions requiring Immediate attention have been' discovered and remedied Special "sight-saving classes' In public schools, first advocated by" the society In Hill, have been established In 80 cities In 18 states. There are now SK sucb classes In which, through the ue of seclal large type books, movable desks. Ideal lighting, and spe clal teaching methiids, childre with little vision are not only given the same surt of education that children with full vision receive, but they are taught how to conserve their remuirt Ing sight, lloe Is expressed In the report that t Ihsi the Rtruggle of medical men with the scourge of trachoma, one' nl 1 the great International sources ol blindness. Is being rewarded hy S01114 . definite understanding of the cuusa I the factors of this disease of th eyes. Eye hazards of industrial occupa tions still constitute one of the mos' serious causes of blindness In A me leu, t Lie report emphasize. .n.vs, -the frequency of opihulmla ne, onutorum as a cause of blindness among tl ose admitted to schools for the blind lias diminished each year until now It Is M per cent less than In l!Hi8. Complete eradication of this source of blindness once the most prolific of all causes is said to be scientifically (Missihle. The society Is helping to safeguard the eyes of tfle next generation, the report points out, by following up Its work for prevention of blindness at birth with demonstrations of preschool eye tesis, preschool clinics, and cooperation co-operation in establishment of sight-saving sight-saving classes for the education of children wltb seriously defective vl sion Using a recently perfected tech n!(iie It Is now possible to test, with some accuracy, the vision of children ton young to read the letters on the 'charts used for adults. The sight of children as young as three ami four Society's Report Summarizes, R:sults of Activities . During Past . Twenty Years. New fork. Ueuiurkable progress in 20 years' organized ' e.Torts to reduce the frequency of bittidness fn America, pointing to possible elimina tlon of the principal diseases causing - blindness and the reduction of eye Injuries to a minimum, is shown In a summary of accomplishments of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. The greatest single achievement tins been In the field of ophthalmia neonn torum, commonly known as "babies' , sore eyes," the society reports As a result of adoption of laws, in most ' states, requiring doctors, nurses, or others In attendance to put yrophy-lactic yrophy-lactic drops In the eyes of hahles at birth and the constant educational activities of the t.n'ictj the report |