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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
Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE XXXV.
| Age | 10 | 13 | Other ages | Total | Per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys- | |||||
| Hearing fair—one ear | 24 | 25 | 4 | 53 | 4.1 |
| Both ears | 26 | 26 | 10 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Hearing bad—one ear | 28 | 31 | 5 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Both ears | 14 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 2.2 |
| Hearing very bad—one ear | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1.2 |
| Both ears | 4 | 5 | — | 9 | 0.7 |
| Total per cent. | 17.8 | ||||
| Girls— | |||||
| Hearing fair—one ear | 16 | 20 | 8 | 44 | 4.7 |
| Both ears | 17 | 21 | 3 | 40 | 4. 2 |
| Hearing bad—one ear | 27 | 25 | 1 | 50 | 5.3 |
| Both ears | 17 | 21 | - | 38 | 4.0 |
| Hearing very bad—one ear | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 3.5 |
| Both ears | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 0. 6 |
| Total per cent. | 23.2 | ||||
In this table a child is only counted once. Thus, if the hearing
was very bad in one ear and bad in the other, it would be classified under
very bad in one ear only. The hearing of the boys is distinctly better
than that of the girls, and this was also noticed last year.
To show the influence of enlarged tonsils and adenoids the following
percentage table is given. Under each condition, with respect to tonsils
is given the percentage of children with good, fair, bad and very bad
hearing. Boys with normal tonsils have 84.6 per cent. of the number with
good hearing, those with tonsils slightly enlarged have 81 per cent. with
good hearing, while those with markedly enlarged tonsils and those who
have had operations of the tonsils have only 70.9 per cent. with good
hearing.
TABLE XXXVI.
| Hearing. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||
| Good | Fair | Bad | Very Bad | Good | Fair | Bad | Very Bad | |
| Tonsils normal | 84.6 | 7.5 | 6. 4 | 2.0 | 80.1 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 3. 4 |
| Tonsils slightly enlarged | 81.0 | 10.0 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 75.2 | 12.8 | 12 .0 | - |
| Tonsils markedly enlarged | 70.9 | 16.6 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 77.1 | 13.1 | 4.9 | 4 .9 |
| Children who have operation for tonsils and adenoids | 70.9 | 10.4 | 18.7 | - | 72.1 | 7.0 | 18.6 | 2.3 |