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145
Brought forward 1081
Enlarged cervical glands 53
Organic heart disease 8
Functional heart disease 6
Malnutrition 41
Uncleanliness—Head 244
Uncleanliness—Body 1
Anaemia 57
Bronchitis 66
Tuberculosis—Glands 3
Tuberculosis—Bones 1
Other non-tuberculous diseases of lungs 27
Epilepsy 7
Chorea 8
Other nervous diseases 21
Other deformities 52
Rheumatism 35
Debility 577
Defective speech 2
Miscellaneous (minor injuries, septic sores, etc.) 900
3,190
Treatment of Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids.
With regard to the existing arrangements for the postoperative
treatment and transport of children who undergo operative
treatment for the removal of unhealthy tonsils and adenoids, the
Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer submitted the
following suggestions to the appropriate Committees of the Council.
Under this Authority's scheme, arrangements exist for the surgical
removal of unhealthy tonsils and adenoids in Queen Mary's Hospital and
Connaught Hospital. After operation, children are detained in the recovery
room until pronounced fit to leave by the surgical staff of the hospital;
but no facilities exist for the transport of children to their homes after
operation or for their retention in hospital overnight.
In the past no disastrous consequences have resulted, but recently
the occurrence of a severe post-operative haemorrhage in the ease of a preschool
child after her return home—and her subsequent removal to hospital
for treatment of the haemorrhage—has led me to make further enquiries
into the adequacy of the Council's arrangements with a view to safeguarding
patients and the Council,