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Fractures and other injuries 3
T. B. Joints —
Other bone or joint diseases (Non-T. B.) —
Osteomyelitis 2
Other conditions including postural in-toeing 1
Non-Orthopaedic 5
Provision of Surgical Instruments.
Surgical appliances were supplied and repairs and replacements
effected in 22 instances.
It is an encouraging sign that there is an increasing number of
children with minor defects now being referred to the Orthopaedic
Clinic, so that defects can be treated at an early and remediable stage.
Aural Clinic.
The many interruptions in the regularity of attendances during
the war years, were at once eased by the cessation of hostilities;
and with the rise in numbers towards the end of the year it became
necessary to re-establish the pre-war arrangement for dispersal of
treatment clinics at different centres in the Borough.
The service now includes a main specialist clinic fully equipped
with all the necessary approved modern apparatus for examination
and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose and throat in children.
This clinic is situated at the health centre in Park Lane, at which
the visiting Aural Surgeon (Mr. F. P. M. Clarke) attends twice
weekly, assisted by a member of the school health visitor staff
specially trained and skilled in the methods of treatment prescribed.
Two subsidiary treatment clinics operate from the centres in
Lordship Lane and Cornwall Road respectively, thus facilitating
more regular attendance for the simpler and more routine treatment
and leading to a considerable saving in loss of school time. In the
first instance all cases are seen at the main specialist clinic, but
thereafter may receive routine treatment at the auxiliary clinic
nearest the child's home. A constant check is kept on progress of
treatment by reference back to the main clinic at specified intervals.
Amongst the essential forms of treatment retained at the main
clinic are ionisation for otorrhoea and rhinitis; Proetz nasal
"displacement" ; electric vibration with diastolisation for deafness;