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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE "B."
CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA
| DIAGNOSIS | TOTALS (F ars) | Chronic Tympanic Sepsis Complicated by:— | TONSILS & ADENOIDS | TREATMENT | RESULT | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Children over 6) CHRONIC TYMPANIC SEPSIS Complicated by:- | Granulations: Simple Polvpii | Mastoid Disease | Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis | External Otitis: Eczema | Primary (Ear) | Collateral (Nose & Throat) | Cured | Improved | Still under Treatment or Observation | Left or Lapsed Treatment | Referred to Hospital For Operation | Declined Treatment | ||||||
| Old Operation | No Ooeration | Zinc lonisation | Antiseptic Treatment | Tonsils & Adenoids Conservative: Nasal Diastolisation. etc. | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation | ||||||||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | |||||
| A. | Granulations: Simple Polypii. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Operation before Clinic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | No Operation | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| B. | Mastoid Disease. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Operation before Clinic | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| *(1) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | No Operation | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||
| C. | Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Operation before Clinic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| (1) | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | No Operation | 6 | .. | 5 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| D. | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Operation before Clinic | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | No Operation | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| E. | External Otitis: Eczema. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Operation before Clinic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| *(1) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | No Operation | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| TOTALS | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | .. | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 16 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | |
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (Tympanic Sepsis solely) | 26 | Children | 11 | Operation before Clinic | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| *(4) | over 5 years | 15 | No Operation | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (Tympanic Sepsis solely) | 5 | Children under 5 years | .. | Operation before Clinic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| *(2) | 6 | No Operation | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Chronic Suppuiative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Tonsils and Adenoids, &c. | 4 | Children under 5 years i | .. | Operation before Clinic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 4 | No Operation | 2 | 3 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||||||||
| GRAND TOTALS | 56 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 48 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | ||||||||
*N.B. The figures in Brackets indicate the Cases with Bilateral Otorrhoea.