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Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics
There are three clinics in the Borough which are attended by ear, nose and
throat consultants, two of whom have local hospital appointments. This is a
convenient and beneficial arrangement for those cases requiring operative treatment.
Weekly sessions are held at Southbury Clinic and Broomfield Park Clinic and two
sessions a month at Edmonton Central Clinic. The majority of cases referred are
children with hearing deficiency or who require advice or treatment regarding
tonsils and adenoids. Other conditions referred include otitis media, rhinitis,
chronic catarrh, etc.
Of the 538 children who attended the clinics 260 were new cases. Total
attendances were 1,295.
Ophthalmic Clinics
There are three ophthalmic clinics in the Borough. Three sessions a week are
held at the Edmonton Central Clinic and at Southbury Clinic, and two sessions at
Bowes Road Combined Clinic. During the year 2,847 school children were
examined and 1,115 were prescribed glasses.
Orthoptic Clinics
The orthoptist attends at each clinic where ophthalmic sessions are held. She
works in close conjunction with the ophthalmologists, and children who have
strabismus are referred to her for remedial treatment or post-operative exercises.
A total of 458 children received orthoptic treatment.
Orthopaedic Clinic
The orthopaedic surgeon, who attends twice a month at Edmonton Central
Clinic, is a consultant at a local hospital and this enables close liaison with the
hospital. It has not been possible to replace the physiotherapist who left the
service in May and consequently the amount of physiotherapy undertaken is considerably
less than last year. The number of attendances at the consultant's sessions
was 171, and the number of new cases 69. The type of cases seen included foot
deformities, knock knee, scoliosis, kyphosis, chest deformities, etc.
Speech Clinics
One of the full-time speech therapists and a part-time speech therapist left
during the year, but since September there has been a full establishment of three
full-time speech therapists. In addition to their work in the clinic, they undertake
sessions at Durants and Oaktree Schools for educationally subnormal children,
and two sessions a week at the Junior Training School for mentally subnormal
children. There were 303 children, of whom 116 were new cases, who received
treatment or were kept under observation, and who made 3,375 attendances at the
speech clinics. The various defects treated included stammer, dyslalia, stigmatism,
delayed development of speech, etc.
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