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The number of minor eye defects treated at the Minor
• Ailment Clinic was 256.
Special Eye Clinic.—The Authority's Ophthalmic Surgeon
(J. D. Magor Cardell, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.) attends on two
sessions per week to examine and prescribe treatment for children
referred by the school medical officers.
During the year, the Ophthalmic Surgeon had referred to him
1,008 children, who made 1,201 attendances for examination and
treatment.
The following list shows the ophthalmic defects found in the
1,008 children examined by Mr. Cardell at the Special Eye Clinic.
Myopia 144
Myopic astigmatism 139
Hypermetropia 174
Hyper astigmatism 245
Mixed astigmatism 45
Hypermetropia with squint 150
Myopia with squint 5
Squint only 18
Anisometropia 26
No defect 51
Spasm of accommodation 10
Various diseases 25
Referred to Minor Ailments Clinic 64
1,096
" Various diseases " included :—
Corneal ulcer 1
Diplopia 1
Congenital cataract 4
Epicanthus 1
Meibomean cyst 4
Nystagmus 5
Ptosis 8
Ophthalmia neonatorum 1
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