Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE A.
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (1) Children over 5.
Diagnosis. | Total (Ears) | Tonsils & Adenoids. | Zinc Ionisation. | TREATMENT | RESULT. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
xintiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & Adenoids Conservative: Nasal Diastolisaticn | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation. | Cured, | Improved, | Still under treatment or observation. | Left or treatment lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend for or declined treatment. | |||||
Acute non-suppurative Otitis Media. | 10 (3) | 3 | Operation before Clinic. | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
7 | No Operation | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Acute non-suppurative otitis media with | 9 | 2 | Operation before Clinic. | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nasal conditions: Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids. | (2) | 7 | No Operation | • | 7 | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media. | 20 (3) | 5 | Operation before Clinic. | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
15 | No Operation. | - | 15 | - | - | 13 | - | -_ | - | 2 | - | ||
Acute suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions: | 16 (3) | 1 | Operation before Clinic. | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids. | 15 | No Operation | 3 | 14 | 13 | - | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
TOTALS. | (11) 55 | 3 | 53 | 18 | - | 49 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | ||
The figures in brackets Indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea. |