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The incidence of amblyopia and squint has not
altered significantly (Squint 12%).
There is still a number of cases of squint, etc.,
that could be cured were it not for the difficulty of
obtaining orthoptic treatment. I stressed the need in my
report two years ago and again wish to draw attention
to the desirability of an orthoptic clinic in this area.
A number of interesting cases presented themselves:
1. Three (unrelated) cases of arachnodactyly, oxycephaly,
etc. Parents were warned of the ophthalmic
complications that may develop.
2. Tay's Choroiditis.
3. Traumatic Horner's syndrome with contralateral
anhydrosis.
4. Migraine associated with paroxysmal altitudinal
hemianopia.
5. Binocular vision in presence of 5 dioptres of
anisometropia.
6. Macular pigmentation with high hypermetropia.
7. Nystagmus and word blindness of cerebellar origin.
8. Early arcuate opacities in a Mongol.
Orthopaedic Clinic,
I am indebted to Mr. K. F. Hulbert, E.R.C.S., for
the following report on the Orthopiedic Clinic:—
The Orthopaedic Clinic at Welling has been continued
throughout the year on the first and second
Wednesday mornings of the month and the waiting list
has been considerably reduced by the running of a second
Clinic in Bexleyheath under the direction of Mr. B.
Lawson, F.R.C.S.
Our work is still severely cramped and hindered by
the shortage of accommodation, which is totally
inadequate for the number of cases with which we now
have to deal, and it is impossible to undertake any more
treatments than we now do, because the treatment rooms
will not hold any more children.
There has been no marked change in the type of
case coming for treatment, but the rising cost of shoes is
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