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"During the last year Ophthalmic Treatment has been
carried out on similar lines to the previous year. This consists
oi checking the condition and progress of old patients, the
treatment of eye diseases such as Blepharitis, Corneal Ulceration,
etc., and advice to parents in cases of Squint and Myopia;
in addition, ten cases are refracted at each session, suitable
spectacles being prescribed when necessary."
"It has been found necessary to include some extra
sessions as the waiting-list was becoming unwieldy, so that I
have been attending each week instead of once a fortnight, but
this was only for a limited period."
Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
The Orthopaedic Scheme has entered on its second year.
All pre-existing orthopaedic cases known to the department,
as well as new cases during the year have now been examined
by the Orthopaedic Surgeon. Some of these made periodic
attendances at the Orthopaedic Out-patient Department of
London Hospitals. In these cases the opportunity has been
given of regular supervision at the Clinic thus relieving them
of the fatiguing journey to London; in other cases desirous of
maintaining contact with particular hospitals or particular
surgeons, reducing the frequency of such visits; in all cases
affording the facility of readily accessible and frequent treatment.
Many parents of these patients have expressed their
appreciation of the improved facilities this clinic offers.
Cases requiring electrical therapeutic measures are referred
to the radiological department at the Erith Hospital; as will
be seen 353 attendances were made for this purpose by 32
children during the year under review.
Two sessions for remedial exercises are held each week by
the Orthopaedic Nurse at the Bedonwell School Clinic. As
will be remembered, the waiting hall, which for this purpose
was made larger than is usual in such clinics, is fitted up with
the necessary apparatus.
The Orthopaedic services are of special benefit in cases
left with such disabilities as result from muscular wasting
following prolonged confinement to bed, as in certain infectious
diseases, particularly Diphtheria. Their relative accessibility
compared to similar facilities provided by London General
Hospitals is a very valuable feature of these arrangements.
The following is a list of cases which have attended the
clinic: