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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 C.
NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS. (I) CHILDREN
| Diagnosis. Primary. | Totals. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Secondary Conditions. | Treatment. | Result. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deafness. | Nasal Catarrh. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Diastolisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Probsts Displacement. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | i 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. | ||||||||||||||||
| a | b | c | D | E | F | g | H | i | j | K | L | M | N | o | p | Q | |
| Sinusitis: Rhinitis | 45 | Operation before Clinic | 17 | 1 | 10 | — | 10 | 16 | 15 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 2 | _ | 2 | 1 |
| No Operation | 28 | — | 17 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 3 | — | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Nasal Obstruction: Rhinitis.. | 53 | Operation before Clinic | 22 | 7 | — | — | 18 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| No Operation | 31 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nasal Catarrh | 110 | Operation before Clinic | 30 | 7 | — | — | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 |
| No Operation | 80 | 16 | — | 8 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 6 | — | 46 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 139 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 139 | 3 | 50 | — | 29 | 13 | 1 | 79 | 26 | 56 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 30 | ||
| Totals | 347 | 35 | 79 | 20 | 189 | 84 | 41 | 92 | 26 | 161 | 34 | 31 | 39 | 28 | 55 | ||
| (ii) PRE-SCHOOL (Under 5). | |||||||||||||||||
| a | b | c | D | E | F | G | H | I | j | K | l | M | N | O | p | Q | |
| Nasal Conditions: Sinus Rhinitis .. | 20 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 20 | — | — | — | 12 | I | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 9 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 17 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 17 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids with Nasal Conditions: | 16 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 16 | — | 8 | — | 12 | 4 | — | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total: Pre- School | 53 | 53 | — | 10 | — | 25 | 5 | — | 18 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Grand Totals | 400 | 35 | 89 | 20 | 214 | 89 | 41 | 110 | 34 | 175 | 43 | 33 | 45 | 36 | 69 | ||