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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 B.
CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA.
| DIAGNOSIS. | Totals (Ears). | DIAGNOSIS. | Tonsils and Adenoids | Treatment. | Result. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Children over 5.) Chronic Tympanic Sepsis Complicated by:— | Granulations: Simple Polypii. | Mastoid Disease. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis. | External Otitis: Eczema. | Primary (Ear) | Collateral (Nose and Throat) | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left or Lapsed Treatment. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend for, or Declined Treatment. | ||||||
| Old Operation. | No Operation. | Zinc lonisation. | Antiseptic Treatment or Cautery. | Tonsils and Adenoids Conservative: Nasal:Diastolisation. | Tonsils and Adenoids Operation. | ||||||||||||||
| SCHOOL. | Granulations: Simple Polypll | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | No Operation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Mastoid Disease | IS *(4) | — | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | 14 | 9 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | 7 | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | No Operation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | No Operation | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | _ | _ | |||
| Nasal Catarrh : Rhinitis : Sinusitis | 12 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | — | Operation before Clinic | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| — | -— | — | — | 4 | — | No Operation | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| External Otitis: Eczema | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | Operation before Clinic | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | 1 | No Operation | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Totals | 39 | — | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 9 | — | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media solely | 43 | Children over 5 years | 19 | Operation before Clinic | 18 | 1 | — | — | 15 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 24 | No Operation | 21 | 1 | — | — | 18 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total—School Aoe | 82 | — | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 23 | 9 | - | 50 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| PRE-SCHOOL. | Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media solely | — | Children under 5 years | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | No Operation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Tonsils and Adenoids | 1 | Children under 5 years | 1 | Operation before Clinic | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||
| — | No Operation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Grand Totals | 83 | 68 | 24 | 9 | — | 50 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea, with the exception of Mastoid Disease:—
Ma wid Disease—Bi-lateral Otorrhoea.
(a) Post-Operation 3 (6) No Operation Nil.