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help in cases where parents are reluctant to attend a clinic
for fear that drops will be applied automatically.
The question of advice being refused by a parent, usually
the one who does not accompany the child, is often a difficult
one to settle fairly. Happily this is rarely met with, but if
it does arise, I always try to see, or at least speak by 'phone
to the one who is in doubt.
I am glad to say that I have not as yet been compelled
to ask the Authority to take action in any such cases, due
largely to the able help and sweet reasonableness of the
many individuals who contribute to the efficiency of this
service.
The following tables illustrate some of the special cases
seen at the clinic during the year:—
Infective.
Blepharitis 12
Acute Conjuctivitis 6
Styes 14
Meibomian Cysts 7
Non-Infective.
Infantile Glaucoma 1
Maxillary Tumour 1
Macular lesion (eclipse blindness) 1
Corneal opacities 3
Coloboma of Optic Disc 1
Neurological.
Migraine 24
Congenital Ptosis 3
Nerve palsy 4
Nystagmus 4
Others.
Epicanthus 14
Retrolental Fibroplasia 1
Albinism 1
Refractions Referred to Hospital 35
Speech Therapy.
I am indebted to Miss Joan Pollitt, Chief Speech Therapist
to the Kent Education Committee for the following
report:—
The cases of forty-two children who are under the care
of the Bexley Authority have been closed during 1956.
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