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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Division. | No. of cases improved. | No. of cases unrelieved. | No. of cases lapsed. | No. of relapsed cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients. | Ears. | Patients. | Ears. | Patients. | Ears. | Patients. | Ears. | |
| N.W | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| S.W | 2 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| E | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | — |
| N.E | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 8 |
| S.E | 8 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 21 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 12 |
Analysis of Otorbhcea Cases.
| Cause of suppuration. | Total ears. | Cured. | Referred for mastoid operation. | Lapsed. | Still under treatment. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 64 | 6 | 339 | 580 | |
| 1,411 | 988 | 33 | |||
| 174 | 72 | 19 | |||
| (c) T.S. + polypi | 77 | 37 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
| (e) T.S. + other conditions | 14 | 12 | — | ||
| II. Tympanic conditions+ | |||||
| (o) Tonsils and adenoids | 328 | 197 | 1 | ||
| 83 | 65 | 3 | |||
| (c) Mouth conditions | _ | — | — | ||
| III. Tympanic conditions+ | |||||
| (a) Attic disease | 134 | 61 | 24 | ||
| (6) Mastoid disease (no operation yet) | 163 | 21 | 71 | ||
| (c) Mastoid disease (previous operation done) | 347 | 213 | 20 | ||
| IV. Tympanic conditions+ | |||||
| (a) External otitis | 30 | 20 | 1 | ||
| (6) Stricture of meatus | 4 | 4 | — | ||
| External otitis | 51 | 45 | — | ||
| Cause undetermined | 3 | 2 | — | ||
| Total | 2,914 | 1,802 | 193 | 339 | 580 |
The last table gives a complete analysis of all the cases of otorrhoea dealt with
by the aurists in all divisions of London. It also gives the cause of suppuration
in each case ; the cause of chronicity ; the number of cases "cured" ; the number
referred to hospital for a mastoid operation ; the number of " lapsed " cases, i.e.,
those who left school while treatment was in progress, or who for various reasons
escaped supervision ; and the number of cases still under treatment at the end of
the year. From these figures it will be seen that the percentage of " cured "cases,
after deducting those that "lapsed," is 69.9 per cent., or including the "cured"
cases operated on for mastoid disease (see later), 77.7 per cent. These figures show
an improvement on those of 1928, which were 66 per cent. and 71.7 per cent., respectively