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EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC.
Miss M. M. Mason, F.R.C.S., Consultant, Ear
Nose and Throat Clinic, makes the following report:-
"In 1961, 50 sessions of the AuralClinic took
place. In all, 362 children attended, 133 of them
for the first time. 78 operations were performed,
mainly for tonsil and adenoid disease; 47 were
done at King George Hospital and 31 at Chadwell
Heath.
A list of the main diagnoses met with is
appended below. It is an interesting reflection on
the changing aspect of disease that only 3 cases of
otitis media reached a specialist clinic. This
shows that the modern development of effective
antibiotics has enabled treatment of the acute attack
by the family doctor to be effective in nearly all
cases, despite the misgivings many practitioners
have experienced as to the possible development of
resistance by the bacteria usually responsible.
A small but definite number of cases of deafness
are still seen each year, many of them of congenital
origin. During the year 3 were of sufficient
severity to warrant further investigation and this
was done at a special Audiology Unit.
Cases Diagnosed - 1961.
Tonsils and Adenoids Infection 43
Mode rate-Adenoids 3
Maxillary Sinusitis 4
Hypertrophied Adenoids 36
Deafness 5
Eustachian Deafness 5
Nasal Allergy 6
Otitis Media 3
Rhinitis 5
Constitutional 2
Epistaxis 2
Deflected Nasal Septum 1
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