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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
London County Council 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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hospital, by the aural staff; a record of the work done at the after-care clinic, Kentish
Town, and certain work done in connection with aural cases of residential schools.
The total number of sessions per week now given by the aural staff at the 'Ionisation'
centres is 21.
"The two following tables give certain particulars of the work at the 'Ionisation'
centres, showing statistics for the separate divisions of London and for this report
the divisions are named according to the arrangement which held prior to April last.
Otorrhcea Cases.
| Division. | No. of examinations made. | No. of ears examined and treated. | No. of ears cured. | No. of ears not needing treatment | No. of ears lost sight of. | No. of ears relapsed. | No. of ears still under treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children. | Ears. | |||||||
| E. | 2,442 | 2,905 | 580 | 300 | 86 | 32 | 236 | 124 |
| S.W | 3,463 | 4,114 | 859 | 496 | 161 | 15 | 112 | 150 |
| N.E | 3,258 | 3,585 | 763 | 385 | 132 | 30 | 131 | 177 |
| S.E | 4,252 | 4,816 | 872 | 520 | 77 | 27 | 63 | 194 |
| N.W | 1,429 | 1,812 | 484 | 264 | 42 | 31 | 29 | 97 |
| Totals | 14,844 | 17,232 | 3,558 | 1,965 | 498 | 135 | 571 | 742 |
Deaf Cases.
| Division. | No. of examin-ations made. | No. of ears treated. | No. of ears cured. | No. of ears relieved. | No. of ears unrelieved. | No. of ears lost sight of. | No. of ears relapsed. | No. of ears still under treatment. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Ears. | ||||||||
| E. | 88 | 155 | 25 | 17 | — | 6 | — | 2 | _ |
| S.W | 205 | 387 | 91 | 22 | 7 | 6 | _ | 4 | 52 |
| N.E | 71 | 125 | 38 | 18 | 1 | _ | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| S.E | 184 | 356 | 87 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 31 |
| N.W | 31 | 51 | 26 | 15 | — | 6 | — | — | 5 |
| Totals | 579 | 1,074 | 267 | 92 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 100 |
Otorrhœa Cases Classified.
| Cause of suppuration. | Total ears. | Cured. | Referred for mastoid operation. | Lost sight of. | Still under treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute otitis suppuration | 102 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| Chronic otorrhoea suppuration due to:— | |||||
| I. Tympanic conditions— | |||||
| (a) Tympanic sepsis | 1,539 | 1,128 | 29 | 45 | 337 |
| 234 | 126 | 18 | 12 | 78 | |
| (c) T.S. and polypi | 81 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| (d) T.S. and caries | 11 | 1 | 3 | — | 7 |
| (e) T.S. and other conditions | 7 | 5 | — | — | 2 |
| II. Tympanic conditions+ | |||||
| (a) Tonsils and adenoids ... | 302 | 218 | — | 18 | 6 |
| (b) Abnormal nose conditions | 71 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| (c) Abnormal mouth conditions | 1 | 1 | _ | — | |
| III. Tympanic conditions + | |||||
| (a) Attic disease | 116 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 36 |
| (b) Mastoid disease (no operation yet) | 137 | 5 | 99 | 8 | 25 |
| (c) Mastoid disease (previous operation done) | 349 | 169 | 22 | 25 | 133 |
| IV. Tympanic conditions+ | |||||
| (a) External otitis (b) Stricture of meatus | 42 1 | 33 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| External otitis | 66 | 59 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Cause undetermined | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 3,060 | 1,965 | 218 | 135 | 742 |