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Malt and Oil.
Total amount issued during the year 2878 lbs.
Amount issued free 2057 lbs.
No. of children who received free issues 162
Amount sold at cost price 821 lbs.
At the end of the year a total of 238 children were receiving
free milk at school.
Ear, Nose and Throat Defects.
Individual defects are shown in Table III (Group III),
others being included in Table III (Group I).
Mr. A. B. Alexander continues to act as your laryngologist
and aural surgeon.
The Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, opened in October, 1943,
continued until August, 1944, when, in view of the waiting
lists, the sessions were increased from one to two per month.
The cases examined at these clinics were as follows:—
Re- Re-exam. Recommended
New Cases Post TOTAL
examination Operation
operation
160 33 25 218 86
Unfortunately, as a result of the resumption of enemy
activity, the Southern Hospital, with whom we have arrangement
for operative treatment, were unable to admit patients
after June, 1944, with the exception of one or two special cases.
In all, 37 children received operative treatment.
Visual Defects and External Eye Disease.
Table IV (Group II) gives the extent of the ophthalmic
work of the Eye Clinic.
There was an increase in the number of children treated
for errors of refraction and it was necessary to continue the
weekly sessions of the Specialist Ophthalmic clinic throughout
the year.
A total of ten children were recommended to hospital for
operative treatment, three suffering from Strabismus, two with
Chalazion and five cases suffering from Lachrymal Obstruction.
Two young children were submitted for admission to
Sunshine Homes, one being certified under the Blind Persons'
Act. In addition to these cases, the following defects were
treated:—
Styes 7
Seborrhoeic blepharitis 4
Hordeoleum 1
Conjunctival hyperaemia 7
Phlyctenules 1
Trauma 2
F.B. in eye 2
Post operative Ptosis 1