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6.
Mr. S. C. Reeve-Flaxman, the Ophthalmic Surgeon,
reports as follows:-
General
Clinic.
Baby
Clinic.
Number of new cases
122
37
Glasses prescribed
62
13
Glasses not necessary
60
24
Glasses obtained
58
13
Special treatment
27
9
Re-examinations
294
19
Discharged
33
5
Referred to Hospitals
1
1
The Sight-Saving Class at Monega Road School has been discontinued
since the outbreak of war.
(g) Ear Disease.
During the year 1940 35 Aural Clinic sessions were
held. The total attendances at the Aural Clinic was 535, making
an average attendance at each session of 15 patients. Ionisation
treatment was carried out in 2 cases, 3 applications being
made.
Mr. Arthur Miller, F.R.C.S, , the Aural Surgeon,
reports as follows:-
Thirty-five clinics were held during the year, with a
total attendance of 535. Thirty-two per cent. of the cases
were, after treatment, discharged cured. I operated on 80
East Ham children for septic tonsils and adenoids. The
statistical reports is as follows:-
Cases of Chronic Otitis Media 19 Discharged 5
Cases of Deafness 1 " -
Other Ear. Cases 26 " 7
Cases of Chronic Rhinitis 20 " 7
Other Nose Cases 21 " 6
Cases of Enlarge Tonsils
and Adenoids 141 " 54
Other Throat Cases 19 " 1
(h) Dental Defects.
The age groups inspected were from five years to
fifteen years inclusive, which' totalled 3,862; those referred
for treatment number 2,547 and the 'specials" cases referred
by the School Medical Officer and Head Teachers were 52. The
number of attendances at the dental clinics was 2,079. (See
Table IV, Group V - Dental Defects.)
There has been a disappointing decline in the number
of children presented for dental treatment', viz. 43.8 per cent.
of the children referred, as compared with 75 per cent. for the
year 1939.