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inspection many conditions are found which call for treatment.
The scheme of treatment, as set out in the table, is done by
workers with special skill and experience in each of the departments,
and the results obtained are highly gratifying.
For example, Dr. A. R. Friel, the Ear, Nose and Throat
Specialist, submits the following data in regard to conditions
treated during the year: —
Total
(Ears).
Cured.
Lost
Sight of.
Still under
treatment.
Hospital.
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
48
42
2
3
1
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
Due to (1) Tympanic sepsis
9
9
-
—
—
(2) T.S & Granulations
5
1
1
3
—
(3) T S.i Polypus
1
1
—
—
—
Attic Disease
6
4
1
1
—
Mastoid Disease
2
—
—
1
1
External Otitis
7
3
1
1
2
Totals
78
60
5
9
4
These valuable results are obtained by medical or physiological
methods of treatment, which are now taking the place of
the more radical surgical operations on the nose and throat.
Statistics.
The statistical tables required by the Board of Education
annually are furnished at the end of this report.
I wish to thank the staff, medical, dental, nursing and
clerical, for the efficient and harmonious way in which the work
is done, and to record our appreciation of the valuable
co-operation of the Director of Education and his staff and of
the Head Teachers and their staffs. I desire also to acknowledge
the immense value of the work of the District Care
Committees, and to thank the Education Authority for its continued
interest in every phase of the work.
I have the honour to be,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
R. P. GARROW.
School Medical Officer.