Show T diseased ed adenoids Aden bring many E evils vils survey shows operations be beneficial in many ways washington an investigation made to determine the average result of operations erat ions lons fur for the removal of 0 enlarged tonsils mid and adenoids aden lias has recently been carried out at leicester Eng england lind in ill a report reproduced by the united states public health service on a erles of operations ton in unselected elected casts cases ut at the school clinic at all leicester J keen cunil aun tt burgeon to tile the leicester education gives alie results with lilt regnard to 10 tile following conditions of the hild mental condition symptoms bur burgiel gial results increase in eight land weight unit rual nutrition complete reports ere furni furnished blied by file I 1 he lea teachers chers for children definite nite weight and height measurements were liede for a period before unit and after i operations and tile the childs mental debs wits was ascertained front froni the teachers the reports front from the lie teachers euclie rii showed an 1111 improvement in pa ril cular us as follow toan folan 10 to A reduction of 32 per cent la in tle number of children hobe attendances mere ere irregular A reduction of 34 per cent in tle me ii u aniber of those who were retarded in saoul work A reduction of 45 1 per tent n ni in those thone appearing leaf to alie teachers A reduction of 13 per cent of those classified as dull beneficial results result while jt it Is noted that observation of may not be considered ian por taint because of the subjective character of tile the and because tiny any form of active treatment Is likely lie in be regarded its as beneficial it Is stated that in GW cat cases des for which were records completed complete only 4 per eviat cent were nvere said mid to be not improved under the headings hea dingi Cou coughs glia and colds breathing and general ge Gr health lle alth says it summary fit the he surey buney by tile lie health service in blose cases in which tile hearing wits wil initial red 0 bout 50 per cent of the whole hotel only about 3 per cent were stated to lie unchanged the remaining in per cent of tile total number were improved improve no N close case of excessive scarring interfering feran midi lilt phonation phon atlon was at noted and vestiges of tonsils remained in ID only 3 per cent of the boses the weight eight nod and height results were tabulated according to sex and age groups four to thirteen years and 0 compared with fugures given la in the tuxford and glogg tables for urban districts for ench each age group for both buys and girls the percentage of average increase was greater than that given in the tables used for comport sou son conclusions conclusion tor for determining malnutrition the wood standard tables were used arid and ull nil children under 10 per cent of the average right weight were consider eZI to lo be suffering from malnutrition white while the objections to such nu an index were considered and it Is believed that although the absolute number indicated its as malnourished may not necessarily lie be accurate the change ln in the ratio ot or cases before land utter latter treatment would be free from the file personal factor and would be of definite ulue it was shown that the number of malnourished children was us reduced IV in every group the percentage percenti age reduction won wax 41 4 in the boys and 41 ill ID the girls ste the prevailing econome conditions in the homes of these chil dren remained practically the bani during the period of the study it wal wa considered logical to credit the improve loeft to the removal of tile diseased and adenoid tissue in th children concerned in view of the file fact it a septic focus or the file continuous swat lowing of fit mucus from lije delays the assimilation und capacity of file lie alimentary canal although the number of dealt with Is comparatively small un selected cases in a continuous series oi 01 routine work u were ere considered and it if 1 remarked that whether the alie average rage in creases in it height and weight are con sl si dered dereL or whether malnutrition ti it used as nn an index the results colw consistently consist en I 1 y to alke lie conclusion that ahli lilt 0 ration Is followed by clearly improvements to the general and physique quite apart from chii th relief veth the treatment affords t it more local symptoms ff |