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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

Ilford 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: AURAL CLINIC

AURAL CLINIC

Nature of DiseaseStill under treatmentRecommended Hospital treatmentDischarged as curedDischarged as improvedDischarged as no treatment requiredDischarged as left districtDischarged as left schoolDischarged Children whose parents refused to continue attendance or treated elsewhereTotals
NewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOld
(i) Acute Suppurative Otitis Media-2--64---------167
(ii) Acute Catarrhal Otitis Media1-1-2-----___--------
(iii) Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media due to:—-----------------
1. Tympanic Sepsis321—21-------11175
2. ,, Sepsis and Granulations-------------------
3. Other Causes11---1----------12
(iv) Mastoid Disease(previous operation)1--1-1----------12
(v) Partial Deafness due to:—
1. Nerve Deafness1——————————————111
2. Tonsils and Adenoids121—31----------53
3. Retraction of Membrana Tympani121-21—-1----—1—63
4. Scarring of Membrana Tympani1————1-—1-—-—--—21
5. Other causes12——1—-—1-------32
(vi) Opinion on Tonsils276743574165—111271--_-65193239
(vii) Rhinitis811—85——3—————3—236
(viii) Other diseases or defects Totals18 648 265 843721 11917 1971 1216 333 301--18 *98 1669 32138 309