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attendances has been well up to standard. The figures given below,
therefore, only account for eight months' work."
Total number of cases seen during 1939 46
Number of new cases 26
Unsuitable for treatment 2
Failed to attend 1
Waiting list 17
Amblyopias (Cured 5, Improved 5, Unchanged 1) 11
Cases treated with Orthoptic Exercises—
Cured 4
Awaiting operation 2
Discontinued 1
Still under treatment or observation 11
Total number of attendances 386
Number of clinics 59
(e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The scheme for treatment
remained the same as detailed in previous reports.

(f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.—(i) Mastoid Disease.
—No children were referred to the Prince of Wales's General
Hospital, Tottenham, for mastoid operation under your Committee's
scheme.
(ii) Ear Disease.—Minor defects under this heading are treated
at the minor ailments clinic, the numbers treated being given in
the table relating to the work of these clinics.
Audiometer Testing.—A weekly testing session was held in the
schools, and of 924 examined, 55 (or 5.9 per cent.) children showing
a hearing loss of 9 units or over were referred to the fortnightly
clinic held by Dr. Francis Clarke.
Sixty-one new cases attended these clinics, making a total of
138 attendances. 13 sessions were held, 10.6 cases per session being
seen.
Ear Clinic.—Dr. Francis Clarke reports as follows:—
"The direction and work of the aural clinic proceeded normally
along the lines indicated in the report for 1938 until the end of the
summer vacation, roughly the half-year. Then, with the outbreak
of war, and the consequent closure of the schools and evacuation of
the children, the clinic, like the other services, became materially