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Bromley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The table is self-explanatory and indicates the type of cases
requiring clinic treatment. There is no doubt in my mind, and
the foregoing figures indicate, that the parents of the school
child make extensive use of the clinic facilities in Bromley.
There were 13,876 attendances for treatments during 1946.
Special Clinics and Treatments.
Special Clinics are held for Eye and Orthopaedic conditions.
Eye Clinic.
This clinic is held at the North Clinic on two sessions a
week, Dr. Eric Lyle, the Ophthalmic Surgeon, being in attendance
Attendances are made by appointment only.
The following stastistical table is a record of the work for the year 1946.
| No. of Defects dealt with | No. of Children for whom Spectacles were | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Prescribed | (b) Obtained | |||||
| Uuder the Authority's Scheme | Other-wise | Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 284 | 199 | ||||
| — | 284 | — | 1991 | — | ||
*Including 596 re-mspections.
† Owing to opticians' supplies being in short supply, delay in
obtaining spectacles promptly is unavoidable at present time.
Other Figures.
Clinics held, 82.
Higher Education pupils (included in table above), 143.
New cases awaiting inspection at end 1946, 83.
Number awaiting re-inspection, 198.
On this work Dr. Lyle reports:—
"During the past year the work of the Eye Clinic las increased
considerably over and above the pre-war days. On this
account extra clinics have been held. The attendance has been
good and the co-operation of parents over matters of treatment
has been excellent. I have particularly noticed this in comparison
with the pre-1939 days.
"The work of the Orthoptic (Squint) Department has been
“going strong." The department has more than doubled itself.
it is doing really first class work and deserves every encouragement.
I have been able to admit to the Bromley and District
Hospital every case where hospital treatment was necessary,
This has included at least 25 cases of strabismus and a dozen or
more other types of case.