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(a) Malnutrition.
In future Category D is to be eliminated from the classification of
nutrition and it is therefore most pleasing to note that in the analysis of the
children examined during the year which is set out below there has been a
marked decrease in the percentage of "C" and "D."
Number Inspected A B C D
4,226 690 3,223 311 2
(b) Cleanliness.
The condition of school children still continues to give cause for anxiety
but the matter has been prosecuted with greater vigour in accordance with
Section 54 of the Education Act, 1944.
(c) Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin.
The total attendances at the two Minor Ailments Clinics during the year
were 24,220, as follows:—
Pymmes Park Clinic 12,934
Croyland Road Clinic 11,286
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.
During the year, 1,287 refractions were carried out at the Ophthalmic
Clinic. The number for whom spectacles were prescribed was 1,218 and
1,210 pairs were obtained.
(e) Ear, Nose and Throat Defects.
Mr. William Ibbotson, F.R.C.S., attended the Aural Clinic at Croyland
Road twice each month. The yearly attendances were:—
New Cases : 190. Old Cases : 308. Total : 498.
Mr. Ibbotson has submitted the following report:—
"Report on the work of Edmonton Aural Clinic during 1946.
Diseased Tonsils with? Nasopharyngeal Adenoid Excess.
Operated on 30
Awaiting 33
Diseased Tonsils with? Adenoid Excess and Diseased Teeth.
Operated on 16
Awaiting 30
Diseased Tonsils with? Adenoid Excess and Pathological Nasal Septal
Deflection.
Operated on 12
Awaiting 9
Diseased Tonsils with? Adenoid Excess, Pathological Nasal Septal
Deflection and Diseased Teeth.
Operated on 5
Awaiting 15
Diseased Tonsils with? Adenoid Excess with Diseased Teeth and Nasal
Sinusitis.
Operated on 1
Awaiting 11
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