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Provision of Surgical Appliances.—Sixty-four children
were supplied with surgical appliances on the recommendation of the
Orthopaedic Surgeon, and the following is a list of the appliances
supplied under the Authority's scheme:—
Genu valgum braces, tunnels and wedges to
boots 2 pairs
Tibial splints, pockets and wedges to boots 3 ,,
Talipes splint 1 pair
Wedges, valgus pads and stiffening to boots 2 pairs
Minor alterations to ordinary boots and shoes 55 ,,
Night splint (talipes) 1 pair
Special Eye Clinic.
During the year the Council's Ophthalmic Surgeon (J. D. Magor
Cardell, M.B., F.R.C.S.) had referred to him by the Clinic Medical
Officers 34 pre-school children, who made 60 attendances for
examination and treatment.
The ophthalmic defects found in these 34 children were:—
Myopic astigmatism 2
Hypermetropia 2
Hypermetropic astigmatism 4
Hypermetropia with squint 7
Myopia with squint 1
Squint only 5
Various diseases 14
No defect 1
" Various diseases " include:—
Conjunctivitis 2
Epicanthus 7
Ptosis 3
Epiphora 2
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The following forms of treatment were recommended:—
Spectacles supplied 11
„ not prescribed 22
Referred to squint clinic 1