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EXPLANATORY NOTES ON CLASSIFICATION TABLES.
Tables A and B.
"Treatment."
Column D. ("Antiseptic Treatment").—Drugs used:—Carbolised
Glycerine with Menthol; Grieswold's Aniline Dye
Mixture; 1% solution of Acriflavine in spirit; Boric-Iodine
powder.
Column E ("T./A. Conservative, Nasal").—Mandl's Iodine
paint; Wells' Iodine-Aether-Glycerine paint; Peter's Tonsil
Suction; Gautier's Diastolisation; Wells' Iodine Vapour
Inhalation.
Column F ("T./A. Operation").—Those cases where operation
was advised at clinic and operation performed during the
year; or still awaiting operation on 31st December, 1938.
"Result."
Column I.— "Still under treatment or observation." This
column refers to (a) children who attended the clinic
towards the end of the year and were not discharged before
31st December, 1938, and "Observation"—children who
were discharged but who return periodically for observation,
as to permanency of result.
Column J.— "Left"—children who left school or district before
completion of treatment. "Lapsed"—children who failed
to attend as required.
Column K ("Referred to Hospital").—Operations usually
required:—Mastoidectomy; Sinus operations.
Table C.
"Secondary Conditions."
These defects are in respect of the same children as those under
' 'primary'' defect, with the added secondary complication.
Column H ("Antiseptic Treatment").—Peter's Nasal paint.
Spray or pack nasal cavity with Grieswold's Aniline Dye
Mixture or Cllosol Argentum.
Column I ("Proetz Displacement").—Method employed in
Nasal Sinus Suppuration cases—emptying sinus under
negative pressure and filling with Ephedrine solution.
"Nasal Obstruction."
Chiefly due to deflected septum; irregular formation; hypertrophied
turbinates.