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become worse with age? Can they be remedied? If so, how can they best be treated? Are
they serious enough to warrant treatment or to warrant an elaborate scheme of examination
for their detection in school life? The answers to these and many other questions are
not yet known, and it will be much more difficult to find them than it has been to elucidate
the bare facts of the situation. Nevertheless, it is understood that further investigations
are in contemplation towards these ends, in conjunction with a similar enquiry carried out
by the Post Office medical service, and if it proves practicable to pursue them, the results
will be awaited with great interest.
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DEFECTS: DEFECTIVE HEARING, The specialist Ear, Nose and Throat
clinics established in 194-7 have proved a marked success. The surgeon in charge reports as
followsj-
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE AURAL CLINICS
by Mr.C.J.Scott, M.B., Ch.B., D.L.O.
I have to report the very satisfactory continuation of these E.N.T. clinics in the
Borough of West Ham, and it is felt they are much appreciated by the parents who are able
to bring their children for constant supervision. The attendances were similar to previous
years; there were no outstanding problems during the year.
It is gratifying to report that a large number of children suffering from secretory
otitis media with associated deafness have been restored to full hearing during the year.
The following is a statistical analysis of the cases:-
CASES SEEN AT STRATFORD AND ROSETTA ROAD E.N.T. CLINICS
FROM 1st JANUARY, 1951 TO 31st DECEMBER, 1951.
Total new cases examined during the year 635
School Children 512
Maternity & Child Welfare 123
Number of attendances 1,885
School Children 1,665
Maternity & Child Welfare 220
Referred for Tonsils and Adenoids operations 190
School Children 152
Maternity & Child Welfare 38
Referred for other operations (school children) 3
Number discharged 502
School Children 436
Maternity & Child Welfare 66
NUMBER OF TONSIL AND ADENOIDS OPERATIONS PERFORMED DURING 1951:
School Children 140
Maternity & Child Welfare 2
In addition to the tonsil and adenoid operations performed by Mr.Scott, 392 are
known to have taken place elsewhere. Six hundred and ninety-four children were treated
for various conditions affecting the ears, nose and throat; three hundred and seventy
niae of these were given treatment at minor ailment clinics. Details of the ascertainment
of deaf children are given on pages 70 and 71.
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