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OPHTHALMIC SERVICE
Mr. Freeman-Heal, Consultant Ophthalmologist, reports :—
The total number of cases seen was 1,545 (1953—1,504), of
which 464 (1953—480) were new cases, and 1,081 (1953—1,024)
re-inspections. The number of pairs of glasses prescribed was 916
(1953—941).
Abnormal Eye Conditions other than errors of Refraction were as follows :
Congenital Abnormalities New cases Old cases
Squint 87 236
Congenital Ny stagmus 2 8
Congenital obstruction nasal duct 2 2
Progressive or malignant Myopia 1 2
Congenital defects oculomotor nerves or muscles 3 2
Coloboma of Uveal tract — 2
Dermoid cyst in region of orbit 1 1
Melanoma of choroid 1 —
Retro-lental Fibroplasia 1 —
Abnormalities due to Infection
Blepharitis 6 5
Conjunctivitis 4 —
Styes 2 1
Corneal nebulae 1 1
Meibomian cyst 2 —
U veitis—Eye blinded from 2 —
Abnormalities di e to Trauma
Detachment of Retina 1 —
Scar of Cornea .. ... ... ... 1 —
No. of children recommended for special school 1
The case of Retro-lental Fibroplasia was from the Maternity and Child Welfare
Department.
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.
Mr. J. A. Cholmeley, the Orthopaedic Consultant, reports :—
The Orthopaedic Clinics in the Borough of Haling continue to
be well attended and there has, in fact, been a definite increase in
the number of attendances for Physiotherapy in all age groups.
The distribution, however, of cases for examination and
treatment is steadily becoming more peripheral. At the Mattock
Lane clinic which drains very largely the areas already built up and
partly commercialised, there has been a falling off in numbers at
least at the Surgeon's sessions, but at Greenford and subsidiary
treatment clinics the work has definitely increased as these drain
the new housing estates to which young and growing families
gravitate.
These clinics enable treatment to be given near to the home
and school and thus reduce the amount of time and money that
would otherwise be spent in travelling to and from the more
centrally situated busy hospitals.