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Barking 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(4) EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE.
Our scheme for the operative treatment of ear,
nose and throat defects at the Barking Hospital is,
of course, still in abeyance and our arrangements
with the Queen Mary's, King George and St. Mary's
Hospitals continue.
There have been additional consultations and
treatments at your Specialist Consultant Clinic with
a consequent increase in the number of sessions, the
total number of such sessions being 44 compared
with 28 in the previous year.
Statistics in relation to the cases treated in the years 1942 and 1943 are as follows :—
| Mothers & Toddlers | Adults—-Public Scheme | School Children | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1943 | 1942 | 1943 | 1942 | 1943 | 1942 | 1943 | |
| Number of attendances at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic | 241 | 274 | 10 | 26 | 497 | 838 | 748 | 1,138 |
| Number of cases which received operative treatment | 77 | 97 | - | - | 171 | 353 | 248 | 450 |
| Number of cases which received other forms of treatment | 42 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 198 | 561 | 245 | 623 |
(5) OPHTHALMIC SERVICES.
There has been further development in your
ophthalmic services, the numbers requiring examination
and treatment under all your ophthalmic schemes