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From this table it would appear that the number of children in
excellent health is higher than in 1935 and that the number of normal
children has considerably increased. I cannot ask the Committee
to accept these figures as a real statement of the position in EnfieldThere
is no scientific standard of nutrition upon which doctors can
work for comparative purposes and the figures obtained vary enormously
with the doctor examining the children. I believe this
accounts for the variation in the figures shown above. I am satisfied
that the state of nutrition of the children in Enfield is reasonably
similar to that of the last two years.
Skin Diseases.—Thirteen cases were seen; twelve required
treatment, and one was kept under observation.
Ear Disease.—Twenty-five cases of middle ear disease were
found; also 59 cases of defective hearing. All these cases were
referred to the Aural Clinic for treatment.
1933 1934 I935 1936 1937
Number of children examined 2,869 3,378 3,436 3,819 3,967
Number of cases of Middle Ear
Disease found 23 18 19 22 25
Percentage of cases of Middle
Ear Disease found 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Number of cases of Defective
Hearing found 53 53 33 26 59
Percentage of cases of Defective
Hearing found 1.8 1.6 0.98 0.7 1.5
Tonsils and Adenoids.—1,123 children had already had operation
for removal of tonsils and/or adenoids; 494 were found to have enlarged
tonsils, adenoids, or both.
The following is a comparative table for the last five years :—
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Number of children examined 2,869 3,378 3,436 3,819 3,967
Number of children already
operated upon 1,121 1,202 1,205 1,143 1,123.
Percentage of children already
operated upon 39.1 35.6 35.0 29.9 28.3
Number of children with enlarged
tonsils, adenoids, or
both 388 512 663 597 494
Percentage of children with
enlarged tonsils, adenoids,
or both 13.5 15.3 19.3 15.6 12.5.