[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASES OF THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. As in former years children suffering from affections of the Ear, lose and Throat were examined and treated at all of the Clinics, hose requiring more detailed examination were referred to the Inglis treet Clinic. The Consulting Aural Surgeon attended at Inglis Street usually on le second Monday of each month during school terms. Attendances.—The total number of school children who attended t all of the Clinics in Dunfermline and Rosyth on account of Ear, lose and Throat affections was three hundred and sixty-nine. This mounts to an increase of forty-four new cases as compared with last ear. The increase was in the number of Nose and Throat affections, 'here was actually a decrease of thirty-four new cases of affections of he Ear. In addition to the above, there were thirty-nine cases of Ear, Nose nd Throat affections in children of pre-school age—an increase of leven. The number of attendances for treatment amounted to :— School Children .. .. .. .. .. 1807 Children of pre-school age .. .. .. .. 169 1976 The following table shows the distribution of new cases :— Inglis Street Rosyth Pre-School Clinic. Clinics. Age. Ear 92 54 32 Nose and Throat .. 141 82 7 I. Affections of the Ear. One hundred and forty-six school children attended at Dunfermline nd Rosyth Clinics on account of diseases of the ear. This represents / decrease of thirty-four cases as compared with last year. The lecrease was noted at all of the clinics in Dunfermline and Rosyth. n this connection it is interesting to note that during the last two rears the number of nose and throat cases attending the Clinics has )een comparatively small. Otitis Media.—Only sixty-four cases of otitis media were treated luring the year. This represents a decrease of twenty-nine as compared vith last year. The figures for the two types of the affection are :— Acute Otitis Media .. .. .. .. 23 Chronic Otitis Media .. .. ., .. 41