[Report 1944] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool.
- Liverpool (England). Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool. Source: Wellcome Collection.
19/84
![Since the outbreak of war, the treatment of tonsils and adenoids has i presented many difficulties owing to lack of accommodation. 28. The Committee's clinic in Yauxhall Road was closed in Sep- ) tember, 1939, and was subsequently demolished by enemy action, but in 1940 arrangements were made for school children to be treated at t Alder Hey Hospital. Owing to various causes, however, a regular allo- j cation of beds could not be placed at the disposal of the Committee and i as the number of beds available was totally inadequate to meet the [ number of applications received, additional accommodation was < obtained at Broadgreen Hospital, where, from January, 1943, to June, j 1944, approximately ten cases were operated upon each week. At the end of June, however, owing to military requirements, both ■ Alder Hey and Broadgreen had to suspend all arrangements for treating i tonsils and adenoids, but in October, Alder Hey were able to resume operating and continued to allocate a number of beds each week to the ] end of the year. The operations performed at the two hospitals during the year were : as follows: — Alder Hey Hospital. Broadgreen Hospital. Total. Tonsils only .. 27 — 27 Adenoids only .. 13 1 14 Tonsils and Adenoids . 75 225 300 Totals.... 115 226 341 The children were admitted on the day prior to operation and dis¬ charged two or three days after their treatment. DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. 29. The following Table shews the work carried out under the dental scheme for children attending the Public Elementary Schools: —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29738362_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
