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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Ascertained Deaf or Partially Deaf Children in Tottenham and Hornsey at special schools in Autumn Term 1956
| Age | Cause | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-4 | Congeni tal | 5 |
| 5-10 | Congenital | 7 |
| T. B. Meningitis | 2 (1950 52) (1953) | |
| Suppurative Otitis Media | 2 (1949 50, (1953) | |
| 11-16 | Congenital | 13 |
| Pneumonia | 1 (1946) | |
| Meningitis | 3 (1943) (1945) (1947) | |
| T.B. Meningitis | 2 (1951 52; <1950) | |
| Suppurative Otitis Media | 1 (1948 51) | |
| Dates in brackets show date of causative illness. | ||
Tottenham and Hornsey Children at Blanche Nevile School in September 1951
| Present Age | Cause | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 - 15 | Congenital Deafness | 11 |
| T. B. Meningitis | 1 (1950) | |
| Purulent Meningitis | 2 (1945) (1947) | |
| 16-20 | Congenital | 1 |
| T. B. Meningitis | 1 (1950) | |
| Purulent Meningitis | 3 (1937, (1941) (infancy). | |
| Suppurative Otitis Media | 2 (1938) (Not known; | |
| Dates in brackets show dates of causative illness. | ||
It will be seen that the cases of purulent meningitis occurred
soon after the discovery of the clinical uses of the sulphonamides
circa 1935 and cover the years 1937 to 1947 but no child has been
admitted to the school roll who has had meningitis since that date.
Similarly cases of tuberculous meningitis first began to recover
soon after the initiation of streptomycin therapy circa 1948, but
many of these children were deafened. Once the dangers of excessive
streptomycin therapy became apparent these cases too have appeared
to lessen and no child has so far been admitted who was treated
with streptomycin later than 1953.