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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE A.
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA. (i) CHILDREN OVER 5.
| Diagnosis. | Total (Ears). | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Cured. | Result. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend for or Declined Treatment. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc lonisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils and Adenoids | Conservative: Nasal: Diastolisation. | Tonsils and Adenoids J Operation. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left or Treatment Lapsed. | |||||||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 25 *(6) | 2 | Operation before Clinic | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | No Operation. | — | 23 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 17 *(1) | 3 | Operation before Clinic | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | No Operation | — | 14 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 63 *(H) | 14 | Operation before Clinic | — | 14 | 2 | — | 11 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| 49 | No Operation | 11 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 47 | — | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions : Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 29 *(5) | 8 | Operation before Clinic | 1 | 8 | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 21 | No Operation | 3 | 18 | 13 | — | 17 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 134 *(23) | 15 | 127 | 37 | 3 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (II) CHILDREN UNDER 5. | |||||||||||||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 6 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | No Operation | — | 6 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Acute Supperative Otitis Media | 6 | 1 | Operation before Clinic | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | No Operation | — | 5 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions : Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 4 *(1) | 2 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | No Operation | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| Totals (under 5) | 16 *(1) | — | 16 | 4 | — | 12 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Grand Totals | 150 *(24) | 15 | 143 | 41 | 3 | 132 | 1 | 7 | 8 | i | 2 | ||
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea,