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The removal of tonsils and adenoids was recommended in
twenty-six children. The operation was performed for such conditions,
or combinations of such conditions as obvious tonsillar
infection, chronic and acute otitis media, gross enlargement of the
tonsils and adenoids producing respiratory obstruction, mouth
breathing, snoring and recurrent nasal catarrh.
The remaining children dealt with were suffering from various
conditions such as furunculosis of the meatus, wax in the ears,
epistaxis and chronic rhinorrhoea and appropriate treatment
carried out.
During the year 35 cases referred for the removal of tonsils
and adenoids were admitted to St. Bernard's Hospital. It became
necessary, however, to make other arrangements at the end of
the year because, owing to the pressure of work at St. Bernard's
Hospital, only a few Ealing children were admitted and a long
waiting list steadily accumulated. Arrangements were therefore
made for Mr. Arthur Miller, the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, to
carry out these operations weekly at the Clayponds Emergency
Hospital from the beginning of 1942.
Dental Defects.—The report of Mr. C. Colenso, the Senior
Dental Surgeon, is as follows :—
" During the year all the children in the schools were examined
by the dental surgeons. The number of children examined was
smaller than in the previous year but more than in 1939 when
evacuation was at its greatest.
Towards the end of the year children returning from Reception
Areas came under inspection and it was noticed that a great
number of them had not seen a dentist in the Reception Areas and a
few only had received emergency treatment. The absence of dental
treatment for these evacuees necessitated a larger amount of
treatment on their return.
Altogether, 9,586 children were inspected by the two full-time
dentists. This number is smaller by 2,970 than that of the previous
year, and approximately 5,000 less than in the year previous to
the War.
The number of children referred for treatment was 5,295 and
of these 4,265 were actually treated. It may be stated that the
services of the part-time dentist did not commence until the latter