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The new cases were classified as follows :—
Suppurative otitis media 20
Post-suppurative otitis media 9
Catarrhal otitis media 12
Unhealthy and enlarged tonsils and adenoids 128
Deflected septum 8
Rhinitis 7
Other conditions 20
Deafness 15
Bpistaxis 5
Nasal obstruction 5
Owing to war damage sustained by Clayponds Emergency
Hospital in July, 1944, operations for enlarged tonsils and adenoids
had to be temporarily discontinued but were resumed in January,
1945. During the year 49 school children and 10 children of preschool
age were operated on for the removal of enlarged tonsils
and adenoids.
Dental Defects.—All the elementary school children were
inspected during the year, and the parents of those found requiring
treatment were notified and given appointments. The number of
children inspected was 794 less than in the previous year. This
reduction is accounted for by the further evacuation of children.
Altogether 14,638 children were inspected.
The number found to require treatment was 6,256, this figure
being smaller than in the previous year, when 7,338 required
treatment. The number that received treatment totalled 4,158,
this figure being smaller than the preceding year, when 1,265 more
were treated. The number of children treated in each year of
the war was smaller than in the years just before the war. This
was on account of the fluctuating number of sessions given by the
part-time dental surgeons. Many days were lost owing to sickness
of two members of the dental staff and owing to the delay in filling
a vacancy caused by the death of one of them. The sessions lost
by these different causes are reflected on the numbers treated.
The work carried out was, as usual, fillings, extractions and
other minor operations. The number of permanent extractions
was 790, this figure being smaller than in the previous year, when
1,316 teeth were removed. The number of temporary extractions
was 5,956, this figure being smaller than that of the previous year
by 3,025. The number of fillings inserted in permanent teeth
totalled 3,081 ; this figure is smaller than that of the preceding
year when 3,780 were inserted, a reduction of 699 fillings.