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MINOR AILMENTS
Minor ailments are treated by the Health Visitors at the Clinics, or at
school if requested by the Head Teacher.
These arrangements are found to avoid loss of school time which would otherwise
be inevitable.
Luring the year a total of 308 pupils was treated.
TREATMENT OF PUPILS
EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT
Number of cases known to have been dealt withs:-
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint 39
Errors of refraction (including squint) 4,018
Total 4,057
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed 1,737
OPHTHALMIC CLINICS
These clinics are situated at Beckenham, Bromley, Chislehurst, Orpington,
Penge and St. Paul's Cray. A total of 9 weekly sessions is held at these centres.
In addition a session is held every other week at Bromley.
A total of 711 new cases and 3,346 re-examinations was seen at the Clinics.
The attendance at these Clinics continued to be very good on the whole, and
it was again possible for both new cases and re-examinations to be seen without any
undue delay.
It would seem unnecessary to stress how vital it is that children's vision
should be checked. It is not universally appreciated how defects of vision are
often accepted by a child, and the parents are, therefore, not alerted to their
existence.
ORTHOPTIC CLINIC
Patients seen at this Clinic are always referred by an Ophthalmologist. Three
weekly sessions are held at the Bromley North Clinic, and one session per week at
The Willows Clinic, Chislehurst. Patients not living in the areas served by these
two clinics are seen at the nearest local Hospital.
The following types of cases are referreds-
a) Cases of obvious strabismus or squint.
b) Patients suspected of having a strabismus.
c) Amblyopic patients.
d) Patients with any ocular muscle imbalance.
e) Patients who are complaining of ocular symptoms, the cause of which
is not obvious to the Ophthalmologist.
Details of treatments and attendances are as followss-
Number of new cases 59
Number on treatment 113
Number on occlusion 103
Number of treatments given 175
Number of cures with operation 11
Number of cures without operation 19
Cases discharged - cured a) Functional for binocular single vision 11
b) Cosmetic 16
Total number of attendances 713
Transferred or left the district 12
Number of sessions 184
Number on waiting list at 31.12.69 4
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