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attending, the Council has now decided to hold two additional clinic
sessions per week. Last year 1 had occasion to mention the length
of time cases requiring operation had to wait owing to the difficulty
of finding hospital beds for such cases. I am pleased to be able to
report that at last beds have been found for these cases requiring
operations for squint and the waiting list of cases requiring surgical
treatment is gradually diminishing.
I. Number of attendances made 1,298
Number of children attending clinic 141
(New cases 50. Old cases 91)
Tests only 40
Unsuitable for treatment 1
Failed to attend 3
Transferred 1
Waiting for operation 5
Waiting list 22
II. Treated for defective vision (Amblyopia only) 19
Cured 5
Unresponsive 2
Still under observation 12
III. Treated with orthoptic exercises 22
Complete cure with steroscopic vision 2
Straight in glasses with partial stereoscopic
vision 3
Straight with fusion only 1
I mproved appearance 3
Straight after operation, but no binocular
vision 6
Straight after operation but some binocular
vision 4
Failed to improve, or develop binocular-
vision 3
IV. Still under observation or treatment 22