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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TOTTENHAM—E.N.T. CLINIC—1946.
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Diagnosis. | Totals. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Secondary Conditions. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Otitis Media. | Deafness. | Nasal Catarrh, etc. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Diastolisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Proetz Displacement. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left school or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend or Declined Treatment. | |||||
Conservative Treatment. | Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||
Primary Conditions. | ||||||||||||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | K | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | |
Sinusitis: Rhinitis | 54 | Operation before Clinic | 14 | - | 1 | - | — | 7 | 14 | 12 | - | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
No Operation | 40 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 7 | — | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
Nasal Obstruction: Rhinitis | 168 | Operation before Clinic | 23 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 4 | - | 2 | — | 5 |
No Operation | 145 | 7 | 10 | - | 23 | 74 | 63 | 2 | 14 | — | 79 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 34 | ||
Nasal Catarrh | 192 | Operation before Clinic | 32 | 1 | 10 | - | — | 25 | 4 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
No Operation | 160 | 2 | 20 | - | 16 | 93 | 48 | — | 7 | — | 96 | 10 | — | 22 | 1 | 31 | ||
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 87 | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
No Operation | 87 | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | 2 | 10 | — | 46 | — | 19 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 11 | ||
Totals (school) | 501 | 12 | 48 | 12 | 50 | 228 | 165 | 47 | 74 | — | 265 | 31 | 11 | 74 | 36 | 84 | ||
PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | ||||||||||||||||||
Nasal Conditions: Sinusitis: Rhinitis. | 45 | Operation before Clinic | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
No Operation | 43 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | 4 | 41 | — | 6 | — | 23 | 9 | — | 10 | — | 1 | ||
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 12 | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
No Operation | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids with Nasal Conditions | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | |
No Operation | 2 | — | — | 2 | - | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | 1 | ||
Totals (Pre-school) | 59 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 45 | — | 14 | — | 29 | 10 | — | 13 | 4 | 3 | ||
Grand Totals | 560 | 13 | 51 | 14 | 56 | 232 | 210 | — | 88 | — | 294 | 41 | 11 | 87 | 40 | 87 |