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The decision to allocate two special sessions a week (treatment
clinics), with the same nurses, for carrying out the treatment prescribed
at the Aural Clinic, has proved to be one of the main factors
in the practical, efficient and successful working of the Clinic.
This treatment is carried out, always, by the same nurses, having
special experience in the work, who attend the Aural Clinic, and
therefore are in regular touch with the patients. This arrangement
leaves no break in the continuity of treatment, which is all
important.
Under war conditions the attendance has, on tine whole, been
very good. A certain number, however, who attended the Aural
Clinic for examination and for whom appropriate treatment was
prescribed and arranged for, failed to attend for same. In the
''Follow Up" of these cases it was found that in many instances
the people lived a considerable distance from the clinic and were
busy with housework and could not find the time to bring the
younger children. Others were engaged on essential war work;
some declined the treatment, while others just simply let it drift
as they did not think it was urgent.
SUMMARY.
Total number of new cases examined and prescribed for (700)
are as follows:—
Acute Otitis (school children) 134
Acute Otitis (pre-school children) 16
Chronic Otorrhoea—without complications (school) 43
Chronic Otorrhoea—with complications (school) 39
Chonic Otorrhoea. (pre-schooi) 1
Nose and Throat conditions (school) 347
Nose and Throat conditions (pre-school) 53
Miscellaneous 67
Ear cases treated by Zinc lonisation 83
Nasal cases treated by Diastolisation 2'14
Nasal cases treated by Proetz "Displacement" 41
Enlarged Tonsils treated by conservative tonsil suction 110
Ear cases referred to hospital 12
"Tonsils" (unsuitable for conservative treatment) referred
to hospital for operation 26
Children examined at the Aural Clinic and treatment
arranged, but failed to attend. 75
Total number of pre-school children seen at the Clinic 70
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