| Show diseased adenoid adenoids s bring many evils survey show shows operations beneficial in many way ways washington an at investigation made to determine the average result of operations erat eruti ions ons for the removal of enlarged ealar led tonsils and adenoids hue hus recently been carried curried out at leicester En laud in a report reproduced by the united states public health service on a series of operation operations on unselected cases at the school clinic at leicester J keen heen aural surgeon to the leicester education committee gives llie the results with regard to the following fol loning condition conditions of the child mental condition symptoms toms surgical reB jIta men are in aud and eight anil anti malnutrition complete zeporie were furnished shed by the teacher teachers for CCO children definite eight und and height measurements were raude mude for a period before and operations and the child a mental ress was ascertained from the teacher teachers the report reports froin from the teachers teai lier bowed an ail improvement in particular es as fu fol lows A reduction of t tl per tent in the number of children whose hose attend inces ere irregular A reduction of 34 per pet vent cent in the number of those who evere U erp retarded in school work aorl A redaction of 45 43 per cent in those appearing leaf dent to the teachers tea chera rs A reduction of 23 pt per cent of those i as dull beneficial results Rt while it Is noted that observation of symptoms may dot not be considered im ira because of the subjective char acter of the information and because any form of active treatment la Is likely lu to be retarded regarded as beneficial it li is stated that in WO case tor for which were records complete t only 4 per cent were bald to be not improved under the heading headings cough coughs and find colde breathing and general health says a is gum mary of the burtey by the health err IM in those cases in which the hearing was wells impaired about 80 50 per rent of the whole only about 3 per cent were to be unchanged the remain ix 19 OT per cen tent odthe total a la timber were improved no so case of erces ec arrin interfering with wai was noted and vestiges es of tonsils remained in only 0 n ly 3 ler lier cent of the casee cases j j the weight and height result results wen werl tabulated according to sex and ag agi groups four to thirteen ye years arsand ani compared with figures given in th the tuxford and glogg tables for urban districts for each age group for or both boyi boys and girls the percentage of average increase was greater than that given in the tables used for compari con gol conclusions for determining malnutrition the wood 11 standard tan dard tables were used end and all children under 10 per cent te nt of the average right weight were considered to be suffering ng from malnutrition ili bile lie the objections to each finch an index were ere considered and it Is believed that although the absolute number indicated indicate as Is malnourished may not necessary necess arK arlO be accurate the chante in the ratio 0 of cases before and after treatment would be free from he the personal factor and would be of definite value it was shown that the number ol 01 malnourished children was reduced in IZ every age group the percentage re was 44 in the boys a and ad 41 lo 10 1 the tile atris the prevailing preval ing economic conditions condi tiona in the homes of these chil dren drell remained remain ed practically the sam during the he of the study it wai wilu considered logical to credit ahk improve ment to the removal of the deseae and adenoid tissue in fit tb thil children concerned in view of the fad a septic focus or the continuous low iou in ing of mucus from the lim sophe delays the assimilation and ild aboor capacity of lie 1110 alimentary canal although the number of dealt nath ith Is comparatively small un selected case sex in a it continuous cries series 0 of routine work were considered and it remarked that tha t whether the average it creases crease in height and weight are col co si dered or whether malnutrition b h used as an in index ind the pola pol a consistently to the conclusion tha that toll operation Is 18 followed by clearly deania improvements to 10 the 1 betit and d physique quite iriart from tn th relief galch the treatment treat ent 11 ti U more local symptom |
