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In this Abridged Report it is not possible to give
the usual Reports of all your Consultants, but the following
extracts from the Report for 1939 of your Consultant Ear,
Nose & Throat Surgeon are given because of their particular
interest :-
"The most interesting feature noticed during this
year's work in the Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic was
the discovery, made on the resumption of work in
December, after the temporary suspension caused
by the course of events in September, of the very
marked improvement in the state of health of the
patients. This was particularly noticeable
amongst the nasal cases, many of whom had been
receiving treatment for such conditions as
Infected Antra, Hypertrophic Turbinitis, Infected
Tonsils and Adenoids, and it was found possible in
December to discharge many of these cases as cured.
Searching around for the most likely
explanation of this phenomenon, one has concluded
that the improvement has been due to two factors :-
(a) Lack of re-infection owing to non-attendance
and herding together at school, and
(b) An increased amount of sunshine and fresh
air owing to the increased time spent in
the streets and open spaces."
In connection with evacuation, much has been done to
continue your Ear, Nose & Throat work, in the Reception Areas.
Many special medical records have been sent to the School
Medical Officers in the Reception Areas and in a number of
cases, arrangements have been made, with the parents' consent,
for operative treatment to be carried out at Hospitals in the
Reception Areas.
(d) Dental Inspection and Treatment. With the exception
of the first week in September 1939 dental treatment has been
continued at two of the three Dental Clinics authorised by the
Board. During the first week in September 1939 it was
impossible to continue dental treatment, as works of
adaptation and protection were being undertaken to render the
Central Clinic and the Woodward Clinic suitable for First Aid
Posts under the Civil Defence Scheme.
It is still extremely difficult to carry out dental
treatment at these two Clinics. So much so that the Central
Dental Clinic has been temporarily closed and the Local
Education Authority intend to submit to the Board of Education
proposals for transferring the work of the Central and
Woodward Dental Clinics to the medical inspection suites at
two of the Schools of the Authority.
With the closure of the schools for evacuation, it
naturally followed that school dental inspection, as such,
ceased, but now that the children will shortly be assembled at
the schools, in small groups, for partial education, arrangements
are being made for school dental inspection to be resumed.
The following shows, briefly, the extent to which
school-children are utilising the Dental Service, compared
with a year ago
Dec. 1938. Dec. 1939.
Total number of treatments
given to school-children 802 437
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