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Croydon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: THROAT CLINIC.(See also page r.4).The 1 hroat Clinic has been continued during 1919 under the same circumstances as in 1918. An important change in its actual working however is that all children who are to be operated on for enlarged tonsils or adenoids must,ifdental caries be present, first have their teeth attended to. The details of this dental work appears in Table E xi (b).The returns of the cases dealt with are given in the following table:—

THROAT CLINIC.

(See also page r.4).

The 1 hroat Clinic has been continued during 1919 under the same circumstances as in 1918. An important change in its actual working however is that all children who are to be operated on for enlarged tonsils or adenoids must,ifdental caries be present, first have their teeth attended to. The details of this dental work appears in Table E xi (b).

The returns of the cases dealt with are given in the following table:—

Date.Appointments made.Operated upon.Remarks.Cases done by House Surgeon at Croydon Gen'l. Hospital.
January19109 did not come.
February442411 did not come.
7 teeth to be attended to.
2 operations postponed.
March391618 did not come.
3 teeth to be attended to.
2 operations postponed.
April ...20612 did not come.
2 teeth to be attended to.
May38238 did not come.
2 teeth to be attended to.
2 operations not necessary.
2 to be operated again.
1 operation postponed.
June33178 aid not come.
4 operations not necessary.
4 to be operated again.
July513414 did not come.10 operations.
2 pestponod.
1 operation not necessary.
AugustSchoolsand Clinics vacation.
September412711 did not come.10 operation*,
2 postponed.
1 operation not necessary.
October48388 did not come1 operation.
2 postponed.
November40362 did not come.2 operations.
2 postponed.
December2323Nil.2 operations.
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Analysis of cases in column 3 :—
101 did not come
14 teeth required attention.
13 operations postponed.
8 operations not necessary,
6 to be operated again.
142