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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
Walthamstow 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE "D" MISCELLANEOUS CASES
Examined for:—
Affections of the Ear. Nose and Throat :
Advised,
Special cases of Deafness for admission to
special classes, or Deaf School:
Recommendations
and Reports made.
Colds, and other conditions
98
Clinic treatment
not required.
Foreign body in nose
1
Removed.
Epistaxis (nose bleeding)
9
Treated.
Wax in ears, only
2
Removed.
Hay Fever
1
Treated.
Total
111
Tonsils and Adenoids already removed
in above cases
19
SUMMARY
Total number of cases seen in 1947 549
School 517
Pre-school 32
"A" & "B" — Ear cases: School 61
Pre-school 14
"C" — Nose and Throat: School 347
Pre-school 16
"D" — Miscellaneous: School 109
Pre-school 2