幼少兒の耳鼻咽喉科檢査成績特にオチェナについて

　緒言

　昨年6月当院に於て，満2歳から4歳迄の幼兒を対象に健康優良兒大会を開催した際，耳鼻咽喉科的檢査も行つた．從來学齢期兒童の統計的観察は極めて多いが，就学前期兒童のものは比較的少く，僅かに林・杉本・込田・内藤氏等の発表（昭和17年）の外に二・三に過ぎない．私の檢査はそれより更に幼少の満2歳から4歳迄を対象とした点で多少與味があると思われる．

Mori examined 164 infants (96 boys and 68 girls), whose ages ranging from 2-4 years, for otolaryngological disease affections, and compa-red notes of this examination with those which were similarly obtained on older children pre-viously. On atrophic rhinitis particularly it was observed that initial symptoms were noticeable as early as the age of two, while at the age of four this number was much increased. Differe-nce in susceptibility to this condition was not seen by difference of sex, but infants raised on artificial feeding appeared to be more so affected than those who were on breast feeding. State of nourishment, as measured by ordinary stand-ards of medical charts, had no influence either one way or the other. On mental tests, it was revealed that high I. Q. was shown in infants affected with atrophic rhinitis, while those sho-wing lower I. Q. s were generally affected with catarrhal rhinitis.