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TABLE D.
MISCELLANEOUS CASES.
Diagnosis.
Totals.
Result.
Cured.
Improved.
Still under
treatment or
observation.
External Otitis: Eczema
4
4
—
—
Furuncle
8
8
—
—
Wax
13
13
—
—
Foreign Body in Ear
1
1
—
—
Deaf: Nerve Deafness: Otosclerosis, etc.
4
—
—
4
Epistaxis
4
4
—
—
Totals
34
30
—
4
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON CLASSIFICATION TABLES.
Tables A and B.
"Treatment."
Column D ("Antiseptic Treatment1').—Drugs used: Carbolised Glycerine
with Menthol; Grieswold's Aniline Dye Mixture; 1 per cent,
solution of Acriflavine in spirit; Boric-Iodine powder.
Column E ("T/A Conservative, Nasal").—Mandl's Iodine Paint;
Well's Iodine-Aether-Glycerine paint; Peters' Tonsil Suction;
Gautier's Diastolisation; Well's 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").—Peters' Nasal Paint; Spray or
pack nasal cavity with Grieswold's Aniline Dye Mixture or Collosol
Argentum.
Column I ("Proetz Displacement").—Method employed in Nasal Sinus
Suppuration Cases: emptying sinus under negative pressure and
filling with Ephedrine solution.