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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
Tottenham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE C.
NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS, (i) Children over 5.
| Diagnosis. Primary. | Totals | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Secondary Conditions. | Treatment. | Result. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deafness. | Nasal Catarrh. | Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids, | Diastolisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Proetz Displacement, | Tonsils & Adenoids. | Cured | Improved. | Still under treatment or observation. | Left or treatment lapsed. | Referred to . Hospital for Operation. | Declined or did not attend for treatment. | |||||
| Conservative Treatment | Operative Treatment. | ||||||||||||||||
| Sinusitis: | 22 | Operation before Clinic. | 10 | 6 | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fhinitis. | No operation. | 12 | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | — | 8 | — | — | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Nasal Obstruction: | 28 | Operation before Clinic. | 8 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rhinitis. | No operation. | 20 | 1 | - | 4 | 17 | 11 | - | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nasal Catarrh | 59 | Operation before Clinic. | 16 | 4 | - | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | |
| No operation. | 43 | 6 | - | 11 | 29 | 7 | ~ | 4 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | 84 | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No Operation | 84 | - | 36 | - | 25 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 45 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| TOTALS. | 193 | 12 | 43 | 19 | 102 | 50 | 30 | 64 | 21 | 106 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 42 | ||
| (ii) PRE-SCHOOL (under 5) | |||||||||||||||||
| Nasal Conditions:Sinus Rhinitis. | 12 | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No operation. | 12 | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids. | 26 | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No Operation. | 26 | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | 6 | _ | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils & Ads. with nasal condition | 4 | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| No. Operation | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| GRAND TOTALS. | 235 | 235 | 12 | 48 | 19 | 113 | 58 | 30 | 78 | 21 | 116 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 58 | |