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Cases of Squint are treated with glasses and covering of
the good eye, with a view to re-educating the Amblyopic or
'lazy' eye. In one case in which I thought operative treatment
desirable, I performed the necessary operation last
Autumn with definite benefit. There are other cases having
treatment who may be found to require operative treatment at
a later date, this being decided as they come up for review
at stated intervals.
The difficulty of dealing with children suffering from High
Myopia still persists owing to the fact that there is no special
school in the vicinity.
Nose and Throat Defects.
The number of individual defects found are set out in
Table II.
As has previously been pointed out a growing section of
medical opinion is leaning to the view that if tonsils are not
giving rise to secondary conditions they do not call for removal.
Moreover the part that enlarged adenoids alone plays in producing
the conditions attributed jointly to enlarged tonsils
and adenoids has not been assessed precisely. These facts will
explain the diminution in the number of operations for the
removal of tonsils and adenoids, and the relative increase in
the number of operations for removal of adenoids alone.

The arrangement for the removal of tonsils and adenoids
at the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women has
been continued and I am pleased to say that the parents and
ourselves are still very pleased with the treatment obtained.
Reference was made to this in the report of 1932.
Ear Diseases and Defective Hearing.
There is little variation in the numbers of children suffering
from diseases of the ear.