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11.
Mr. Morris has won for himself the lively admiration of colleagues and
staff and the gratitude of hundreds of scholars (and parents and teachers) in
sustaining such a fine service to our school-children as well as certain other
•favoured" sections of our community.
Statistics
Number of clinic sessions 198
Number of children attending 1,873
Number of attendances 4,260
Defective Vision and Squint -
New cases 365
Re-examlnatlons 1,402
Children for whom glasses prescribed 1,173
Referred to hospital 50
Eye Disease -
Treated at clinic 95
Referred to hospital 9
The following cases were referred to hospital for treatment:-
Squlnt (for investigation) 18
Squint (for Orthoptic Treatment) 44
Other conditions for investigation 9
Total 71
Four cases of squint were treated in the clinic by occlusion and of 18 sent
to hospital for a further opinion, four were recommended for operation.
Orthoptic Clinic
This clinic is held in East Ham Memorial Hospital, where a session 13 reserved
for children referred from our Ophthalmic Clinic.
Statistics:
Number of Sessions 41
" " New Cases 41
" " Attendances 261
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
Mr. Savege is to be congratulated on one of the best and most valuable specialist
services given to our scholars in East Ham.
His punctuality of attendance, kindness and attentlveness to even the smallest
needs of the 'most difficult' young subject, and unfailing courtesy to parents
and assistants at the clinics, have won for him golden opinions from colleagues
in every section of the community alike.
A glance at Table 3 will suffice to indicate the volume and variety of the
work accomplished and one can only hope that we will be fortunate enough in the
years ahead to be able to continue this service at such a high level of efficiency
and merit.
The following are the statistical details:-
Number of clinic sessions 89
Number of children attending 683
Number of attendances 1,310