CAUSES OF EYESTRAIN

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 7

CAUSES OF EYESTRAIN

UNEVEN LIGHTING INJURIOUS

VANCOUVER, August 11. Beware the hat without a brim, the glass-topped desk and the parlour bridge lamp, for these may bring you serious eye ailments. At least, that is the declaration of many noted eyesight experts in se»sion here as the British Columbia Optometrists’ Association. ,Dr Arthur E. Hoare stated that everyday dangers to eyesight included brimless hats for women, glass-topped desks, offices facing glaring walls, bridge lamps which spread light unevenly and one-sided lighting of rooms. •To-day’s optometrist will, if you desire, make a study of working conditions as to light and tell how needless e’ e strain may he eliminated. Diffused lighting of all kinds, dull wood or linoleum on ton of desks, blinds to regulate cjaylight, central kitchen unit lighting for the home workroom—these and other means to protect eves from direct glare are being urged by the modern optometrist. A desk man whose optic nerves are irritated may become more tired in his shorter office day than the man who dees 12 hours pf manual labour, it was r, unted out. Health depends very largely on the absence of eye strain.