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2. Nasal catarrh and catarrhal sinusitis : these were treated
with nasal drops and douching as well as diastolization and
breathing exercises.
3. Epistaxis : this was treated by cauterizing the nasal septum.
4. Enlarged tonsils and adenoids : These were treated in certain
cases with breathing exercises, and where necessary operation
was recommended.
Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids was recommended in 232
cases, 31 being children under five years of age.

Operations for the removal of lonsils and Adenoids at the
Clavponds Hospital were temporarily discontinued in November,
1945. •
Dental Defects.—The report of Mr. C. Colenso, the Senior
Dental Surgeon, is as follows :—
The County Schools came under the New Education Act on
April 1st, 1945. For purposes of statistical reports, the dental
treatment of these children up to March 31st, will therefore, for
this period be given separately, although the dental inspection will
be included in the figures for general dental inspection of all schools
in the Borough.
Dental inspection was carried out in all schools, Primary and
Secondary, during the year. A total of 17,139 children were
inspected. This figure is greater by 453 than that in the preceding
year. The number found to require treatment was 8,035, this
number being greater by 1,779 than that for the year 1944. The
number of children actually treated amounted to 5,564, this figure
being larger by 743 than the number treated in the previous year.