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. (ii) Children under 5.
Total Ears) | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Zinc Ionization, | TREATMENT | Improved. | RESULT. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & adenoids Conservative: Nasal Diast: | Tonsils & adenoids Operation. | Cured. | Still under treatment or observatia | Left or treatment lapsed. | Referred to Hosp. for operation. | Did not attend for or declined treatment. | ||||||
Acute non-suppurative Otitis Media. | - | - | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | No Operation. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Acute suppurative Otitis Media. | 2 *(1) | - | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | No Operation. | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Acute Suppurative Otiti Media with Nasal conditionst Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | 2 | - | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | No Operation. | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Totals. | 4 *(1) | - | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea. |