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EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC.
Miss M. M. Mason, F.R.C.S. , Ear, Nose and Throat
Consultant, reports as follows:-
"The past year has been a fairly uneventful
one for the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.
152 new patients attended, 21 of them under
5, and a total of 368 attendances were made.
109 children had operations , mostly for tonsil
and adenoid disease. The number of beds available in
Chadwell Heath Hospital has now increased to 8, with
a corresponding reduction in the waiting time for
operative treatment.
We were gratified to note that the Clinic seems
to be increasing in popularity with local practitioners,
several of whom have asked for their patients to be
seen here. The children appear to find the less formal
atmosphere reassuring, and of course there ie
liable to be more delay at a hospital out-patient department
than at the clinic. It is hoped that more
practitioners will become aware that the clinic is
available for referral of their cases should they so
desire. "

During 1960 109 children were operated on for the
removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids as follows:-
King George Hospital 78
Chadwell Heath Hospital 31