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119
Watling 14,833
Central Hendon 2,035
West Hendon 5,682
Child's Hill 5,526
Mill Hill 1,907
Total 29,983
4,759 defects were dealt with under the Council's Scheme
and 253 were referred to private medical practitioners or
hospitals.
VISUAL DEFECTS.
There have been no alterations in the scheme for the
examination and treatment of visual defects.
It will be seen that 647 children were referred to the
Ophthalmic Surgeon for examination because of suspected
visual defects, being 12 less than in the previous year. Glasses
were prescribed for 322 of these children. The remaining
cases were of such a nature that glasses were not required or
some other form of treatment was considered to be more suitable.
Altogether 18 cases were admitted to the Royal Westminster
Ophthalmic Hospital for operation under the Council's
scheme. 16 of these were cases of Squint which were of too
severe a nature to respond to other forms of treatment, 1 had
an unsightly blind eye enucleated and is now wearing an
artificial eye, and 1 baby had a congenital tumour removed
from the outside of the eye. In addition to these a number
of minor operations were performed at the hospital, chiefly
on infants with obstruction of the lachrymal passages but
these were treated as out-patients and were not admitted to
hospital.
Attendances made by children at the Eye Clinics were as
follows:—