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(g) Ear Disease.
During the year 1938, 82 Aural Clinic sessions were held.
The total attendances at the Aural Clinic was 1,500, making an
average attendance, at each session, of 18 patients. Ionisation
treatment was carried out in 20 cases, 71 applications being made.
Mr. Ronald Savege, F.R.C.S., the Aural Surgeon, reports as
follows:—
Eighty two clinics were held during the year, with a total
attendance of 1,500. Fifty-eight per cent. of the cases were, after
treatment, discharged cured.
I operated on 326 East Ham children for septic tonsils and
adenoids.
The statistical report is as follows:—
Cases of Chronic Otitis Media 151. Discharged 85
Cases of Deafness 37. ,, 21
Other Ear Cases 50. ,, 43
Cases of Chronic Rhinitis 54. ,, 31
Other Nose Cases 18. ,, 14
Cases of Enlarged Tonsils and
Adenoids 242. ,, 128
Other Throat Cases 11. ,, 7
Mastoid Operations 1. ,, —
I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my thanks
to the medical, nursing and clerical staffs for their very efficient
help.
(h) Dental Defects.
Mr. C. Stanley Neame, L.D.S., the School Dental Surgeon,
reports as follows:—
I have the honour to submit my eighteenth annual report on
the work done in the School Dental Service during the year 1938.