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AURAL CLINIC.
REPORT PUR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 11)38,
Bl' DR. P. P. M. CLARKE,
Ear, Nosji a.vd Throat Physician.
The work of the Aural Clinic during 1U38 has been continued
along similar lines as regards organisation and treatment
as those followed by Dr. A. lv. Priel, the Committee's aural
specialist, who resigned at the end of 1937.
1'lie special methods of treatment, such as zinc ionisation,
nasal diastolisation, proetz " displacement," etc., which he
introduced in the Aural Clinic over the past 15 years, have
been remarkably successful in the cure of otorrhoea and nasal
conditions such as rhinitis, nasal catarrh, sinusitis and early
incipient deafness.
Hornsey has been one of the first places in which this
pioneer work was established and a new departure made from
the old traditional routine methods of treatment, with their
indifferent results, and full recognition given to the importance
and seriousness of aural and nasal disease among school and
pre-school children.
The Aural Clinic is now furnished with the most modern,
approved, scientific equipment for the treatment of such
conditions as otorrhoea, sinusitis, rhinitis, nasal catarrh, deafness
and the conservative treatment of tonsils and adenoids, and
both school and pre-school children are now afforded every
opportunity of obtaining the advantages of this treatment.
The Clinic is held on a Saturday morning, which arrangement
does not interrupt or interfere with the regular school
hours. This is an advantage to children and teachers. The
attendance, generally, has been very good and the parents are,
on the whole, appreciative and keenly interested in what is
being done and the progress made. Defects are sought out and
notified and appointments are immediately made for cases
reported from school inspections, minor ailments and Maternity
and Child Welfare Clinics. A frequent " follow up " check is
kept on each case due for Clinic treatment and any absentees