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I feel that some guidance in the form of printed
circulars giving advice to parents of myopic children
might be desirable.
The attendances have been very satisfactory apart
from the inevitable drops during high days and holidays
and the parents in the vast majority of cases appear to
take a keen interest in the investigation of their children
provided they are told the reasons for them and are
enrolled as partners in the general scheme.
Orthopaedic Clinic.
I am indebted to Mr. K. F. Hulbert, F.R.C.S., for
the following report on the Orthopædic Clinic:—
The Orthopaedic clinics have continued throughout
the year on the first and third Wednesday morning of
the month at the Welling Clinic and an average of
between fifty and sixty patients have been seen at each
session. In spite of this there is still an enormous waiting
list and patients are not being seen for several
months. This is a very serious situation and attempts
have been made to remedy it but the principal obstacle
seems to be lack of accommodation and it is essential
that steps should be taken in the immediate future to
find a larger room where sessions can be held more frequently
and where classes for exercises can be given more
easily than at present. The size of the classes for exercises
is now limited by the size of the rooms and lack of
accommodation for changing, etc. As a result of this
situation a lot of patients are not being seen until they
are almost due to leave school by which time, of course,
such things as remedial exercises are getting too late
and I cannot emphasize too much the importance of
attending to this situation.
The type of case has not altered this year and defects
of posture still occupy by far the greater part of our
time. Some of the burden could be eased by providing
remedial exercises in the schools to a larger extent than
is possible at the moment.
In conclusion I would like to pay a tribute to the
work of Miss Cheeseman, who has carried out her work
with skill and efficiency throughout the year.
Aural Clinic.
I am indebted to Mr. W. Macgregor, O.B.E., M.B.,
D.L.O., for the following report on the Aural Clinic:—
There appears to be slightly more sinusitis in children
in the Welling district than in other areas in which
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