[Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich.

  • West Bromwich (England). Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Year No. of operations School Population Per 100 children 1949 116 13,536 0.9 1950 55 13,675 0.4 1951 73 14,364 0.5 1952 152 14,464 1.05 1953 189 14,890 1.3 1954 182 15,202 1.2 1955 195 15,268 1.3 1956 162 15,521 1.04 1957 206 15,948 1.29 1958 239 16,569 1.4 Of the children seen at periodic medical examinations, the following numbers are known to have had their tonsils and adenoids removed : Percentage of children examined Entrants 33 3.3 Senior leavers 213 16.9 Other periodic examinations 231 11.6 The waiting list in October, 1958, was as follows: For removal of tonsils ... ... ... 132 For removal of tonsils and adenoids ... 292 424 Great concern is felt about the delay between the decision by the surgeon that the tonsils and adenoids need removal and the date of the operation. The hospital authorities were approached on several occasions and asked to remedy this. At the end of the year the situation had not improved substantially but it is understood that the arrangements being made by the hospital authorities will take some time to implement. Mr. Stroud, the Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, has left the district and the one session he gave to the authority was not taken up by his successor in the hospital service. Arrangements were made, therefore, for children requiring ear, nose and throat examina¬ tions by a consultant, to be referred to the hospital out-patients1 departments, and these arrangements are working well.