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THE WORK OF THE AURAL CLINICS
Consultant Ear, Nose and
Throat Specialist
C.J.Scott, M.B.,Ch.B.,D,L.O.
The Ear, Nose and Throat clinics are administered by the West Ham Group of the
Hospital Management Committee but are held on the West Ham Education Committee premises
as follows:-
Stratford School Clinic, Monday and Tuesday mornings
84, West Ham Lane, E.15. 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Rosetta School Clinic, Friday mornings
Sophia Road, Custom House, E.16. 9 a m. to 12 noon
The total number of attendances at these clinics were 1,240 and of these 1,176
were school children. I hope, in future, to obtain more classified statistics as to
type of cases seen in the Ear, Nose and Throat clinics.
TONSILLECTOMY
The Ministry of Education state that there Is evidence of considerable underreporting
by hospitals to local education authorities of children who have had tonsillectomy.
As there was need for more accurate information, all prinolpal school medical officers in
England and Wales were asked in September, 1955, to arrange for their medical officers,
throughout 1956, to note on the school medical record cards of children examined at periodic
medical inspections those who had already undergone tonsillectomy. About a third of the
total school population is examined at periodic medical inspections each year so that by
the end of 1956, a fair sample for each county and county borough, would have been seen.
It would then be possible to make a better comparison between the tonsillectomy rates for
different areas and to investigate the reason for the varying rates. The Medical Research
Council's Committee for Research on Social and Environmental Health has the subject under
review.
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