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X-Ray Examinations.
Nine cases were referred to Whipps Cross Hospital for radiological
examination.
Physiotherapy.
Fifty-four children were referred to Whipps Cross Hospital for corrective
exercises.
Admissions to Hospital.
Eight children were admitted to hospital for operative treatment.
Surgical Appliances and Footwear.
Appliances supplied 29
Alterations to footwear 113
Aural Clinic.
It is now three years since the local Hospital Management Committee
assumed responsibility for the provision of Consultants for the specialist
branches of the School Health Service. Unfortunately the work of the
special Aural Clinic has suffered from the fact that in the short period of
two years there have been at least six changes in Consultant. Such frequent
changes disturb the continuity of specialist supervision and treatment, and
are unsatisfactory from the point of view of both specialist and patient.
Twenty-three sessions were held in 1954. New cases seen and dealt
with by the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists were:—
Deafness 28
Acute and chronic otitis media 27
Catarrhal otitis media 4
Sinusitis 10
Referred for antral lavage 7
„ „ X-ray 10
Cases referred for pure tone audiometry 14
Follow up after removal of tonsils and adenoids 7
Referred for operation 15
Other conditions 20
No treatment required 14
Cases discharged during the year 73