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EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC.
Miss M.M. Mason, F.R.C.S. , Ear,Nose and Throat
Consultant, reports as follows:-
"The Clinic maintains a steady flow of work - 182
new patients, 16 of them under 5, were seen this year,
as against 177 in 1958. Attendances totalled 502 altogether.
101 tonsil and adenoid ope rations were performed
at King George Hospital and Chadwell Heath Hospital,
7 of them on under-5 children, and 24 of these also
had sinus disease which was treated at the same time.
14 cases of suspected deafness were investigated
at the Clinic by pure-tone audiometry, and a further
7 referred to Special Deafness Units. Of these, 2
school children and 1 toddler have since been issued
with hearing aids and are receiving auditory training.
There was a decline in the incidence of rhinitis
and ear disease during the year, and it seems likely
that this was related to the exceptionally hot and dry
summer. "

During 1959 94 children were operated on for the
removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids as follows:-
King George Hospital 62
Chadwell Heath Hospital 32