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interesting and some urgent cases have come from these new clinics.
The high percentage of myopia in the secondary school children
is perhaps only due to the influence of age, but it does suggest at
first sight a bad effect of close study. However, the numbers are
too few to be reliable.
Another new departure is the orthoptic treatment of the
squinting children. Arrangements have been made with the
Western Ophthalmic Hospital to have our children treated there.
The children are escorted by one of the staff, and the arrangement
seems admirable. So far 24 children have received treatment and
21 have been put on the waiting list. There are still others, of
course, but not every case of squint is suitable for orthoptic training.
I am glad to have again an opportunity of expressing my thanks
and appreciation to my fellow workers in the clinic.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
STEWART MACKY,
School Ophthalmic Surgeon.