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Milk.
Average number of pupils taking milk daily:—
Primary 6,489
Secondary 3,131
Total 9,620
Orthopaedic Clinic.
I am indebted to Mr. K. F. Hulbert, F.R.C.S., for the
following report on the Orthopaedic Clinic:—
The Orphopsedic Clinic has continued at Welling on
the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month throughout the
year. There has been no marked change in the number or
type of case as compared with the previous years.
The observations made last year about inadequate
accommodation still applies, and it is still very inadequate.
There is still, in this area, no special provisions for the
education and treatment of spastics, the present arrangements
being unsatisfactory in many respects. The present
education arrangements do not allow for treatment at school,
and an awful lot of time is taken up in fetching children
to and from the school for their treatment.
Miss Cheeseman has continued her services as Physiotherapist,
and we are all indebted to her for all she does.
Ophthalmic Clinic.
I am indebted to Mr. R. M. Chambers, M.B., B.S.,
D.O.M.S., for the following report:—
The attendances at the clinic have been well maintained
during the year.
The number of children needing examination under
cyclopleagia was about 60% of new cases and I have been
struck by the very small number of parents who have refused
drops or ointment at the first visit, in fact, I can recall only
one case during the year.
The difficulties of inserting ointment into the eyes of a
frightened child can be overcome by doing this when he or
she is asleep, a point which is often overlooked but which
is stressed at this clinic, with the result that it is very rare
to find a case unsuitably prepared.
I fully endorse the proposed amendment to the wording
of the Forms 50 and 50a M.I. and am sure that this will
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