[Report 1966] / School Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / School Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table of Cases seen by the Deputy County Medical Officer and Assistant Medical Officer. No. of cases tested No. for whom spectacles prescribed 144 58 No. referred to Eye Specialist. EYE OPERATIONS. Cases of eye operation are now referred by Mr. G. W. Hoare, F.R.C.S., the County Ophthalmic Surgeon, to Panteg Hospital, Griffithstown, Mon. Details of the children operated on in 1966 are as follows : No. of children Date. operated upon Type of operation. 26. 4.66 1 Right Recession and Resection. 5. 5.66 1 Right Motais Operation. 25. 7.66 1 Bilateral Medical Rectus. 2.11.66 1 Right Recession and Resection. 10.12.66 1 Bilateral Medical Recession. Total 5 Cases in the Ystradgynlais Area are now examined and treated by Mr. F. G. Hibbert, F.R.C.S., Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon from Swansea Hospital and any children whom he considers to require operative treatment are referred directly by him to Swansea Hospital. ORTHOPTIC TREATMENT. The Orthoptist employed at the Brecon Hospital con- tinues to treat children referred to her by Mr. Hoare from his School Clinics and this work has increased to such an extent that the Orthoptist now attends at the Hospital more often than the one session per week originally allotted for this work when the scheme first commenced in 1960. This arrangement for orthoptic treatment for our children works very satisfactorily. Cases in the Ystradgynlais Area who need Orthoptic treatment are now dealt with at Swansea General Hospital under Mr. Iiibbert’s supervision thus avoiding the necessity of having to travel regularly to Brecon Hospital for this purpose. Orthoptists are also employed at Merthyr General Hospital and the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, and these facilities can be used by Breconshire children if required. Page Eight