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"Various diseases" included :—
Choroiditis 1
Nystagmus 1
Photophobia 1
Epicanthus 3
Meibomean cyst 1
Injury to eye 2
Ptosis 8
Migraine 12
Phlyctenular ophthalmia 11
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Report by the Authority's Ophthalmic Surgeon (J. D. Magor
Cardell, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.).
The number of attendances at the Special Eye Clinic shows no
appreciable change as compared with previous years. The
incidence of myopia, calculated on the total school population, is
2.3 per cent., a figure which has been gradually increasing during
the past 13 years. It has not reached a point when special notice
should be accorded to it.
More attention might be paid to the ocular habits of the
children in school. At a time when it is difficult to deal with
all the cases requiring attention at the clinic, 124 cases could be
attributed to the results of reading and writing at a distance too
close to the book or paper. If these cases could be eliminated an
equal number of children with ocular defects would receive attention
at the clinic.
One hundred and twenty children suffering from squint
attended the squint clinic—a percentage of about 1 per cent. The
squint clinic, conducted by Miss Montague Smith, has again been
active and has a waiting list. This department is greatly appreciated,
since it renders unnecessary the time and money wasted in
journeying to a Hospital in Central London.
At the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital I operated upon
12 of these children who attended the squint clinic. In a few cases
it is difficult to determine whether a squint is present. Eight such
cases were sent for accurate measurement to the squint clinic and