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Report of the School Ophthalmic
Surgeon
Mr. S. MACKY, M.B., B.S., D.O.M.S.,
for the year ending 31st December, 1933.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Enfield Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my report on the Ophthalmic Department for
the year ending 31st December, 1933.
Total number of attendances at the clinic 2475
New Cases 1055
Prescriptions for glasses 446
Number not requiring glasses 91
The cases requiring glasses consisted of:—
Hypermetropia 79
Hypermetropia with Astigmatism 353
Hypermetropic Astigmatism 175
Myopia 79
Myopia with Astigmatism 104
Myopic Astigmatism 13
Mixed Astigmatism 53
Anisometropia 18
During the year nineteen children were referred for operation for
squint. Nine were operated upon and five refused operation
and five are awaiting admission to hospital. One child who was
awaiting operation in 1932 was operated upon in 1933.
As I surmised last year, the total number of attendances has
increased by 320 while the number of new cases has only increased
by 125, and actually fewer glasses have been prescribed. Obviously
this is due to the more frequent examination of the children with
squints. As there are 146 of these, naturally the total number
of attendances has increased. For the same reason the number of
operations shows an increase. Of the cases requiring glasses it
is pleasing to note (though perhaps quite insignificant) that the