London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hillingdon 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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TABLE F—ORTHOPTIC CLINIC
During the year 20 patients were discharged, cured or cosmetically satisfactory and 4 were
referred to other areas.
Monthly Attendance Record
New
Patients
Attending
for Exercises
Attending for
test and/or
Observation
Total
January
7
6
64
77
February
5
7
47
59
March
7
8
49
64
April
7
3
61
71
May
7
6
40
53
June
4
11
41
56
July
3
11
52
66
August
September
7
59
66
October
4
10
35
49
November
11
8
37
56
December
5
1
28
34
Totals
67
71
523
661
Total new patients, 1971 67 Referred from school clinics 56
Referred from Medical Eye Centres 11
Type of Case
Convergent strabismus Anisometropia amblyopia 7
Including:
(i) With amblyopia 17
(ii) Requiring surgery 8 Heterophoria/corweraence weakness: 1
(iii) Others 15
40
Apparent strabismus 4
Divergent strabismus
Including:
(i) Latent 4
(ii) Manifest 1 Children with family history of refrac-
— tive error or squint examined and
5 found N.A.D. 10
167