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MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Minor Ailments Clinic.
Attendances.
During the year 3,322 children attended the clinic, and 11,421
attendances were registered.
Defective Vision.—Of the 3,010 children subjected to routine
code group inspection in the schools, 163 (5.4 per cent.) were
found to be suffering from some eye defect requiring treatment.
Special Eye Clinic.—
During the year, the Ophthalmic Surgeon had referred to him
.340 children, who made 699 attendances for examination and
treatment.
Report by the Authority's Ophthalmic Surgeon (J. D. Magor
Cardell, M.B., B.S., E.R.C.S.).
The number of children seen in the Eye clinic has increased
with the return of more children to the Borough. Owing to the
unstable figure representing the School population it is not possible
to draw any exact comparison between the eye defects of the past
and previous years.
Broadly speaking the myopia has not increased noticeably
and the usual healthy eye condition of the average school child of
the Borough has not been affected adversely by War conditions.
Some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining operative
treatment for squints owing to the closing of many ophthalmic beds
in London. That difficulty has now been very largely overcome.
The work of the Orthoptic Clinic increases and assumes a more
important role in the treatment of the children with squint. In
this 1 am ably and loyally assisted by Miss Montague Smith.
Squint Clinic.
Report by Orthoptist (Miss G. Montague Smith).
As in the case of the previous year there has again been a
marked increase in attendances at the Orthoptic Clinic. In order
to decrease the waiting list and increase the number of children