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London County Council 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Acquired cases—Hearing defect due to:—

Post-suppurative otitis mediaGrade I35
„ IIa17
„ IIb20
„ III7
—79
Suppurative otitis media (unknown origin)„ I12
„ IIa7
„ IIb6
„ III2
—27
Suppurative otitis media (due to infectious disease)„ I2
„ IIa3
„ IIb10
„ III1
—16
Suppurative otitis media (due to other known causes)I2
„ IIa2
„ IIb1
„ III1
—6
Middle ear catarrh (due to various causes)„ I51
„ IIa10
„ IIb9
„ III1
—71
Suppurative otitis media of one ear and middle-ear
catarrh of the other„ I11
„ IIa3
„ IIb3
—17
Wax„ I1
Meningitis„ IIb1
„ III3
—4
Nerve deafness due to infectious fevers„ I1
„ IIa1
„ IIb11
„ III10
—23
Congenital syphilis„ III1
Mixed deafness due to infectious disease„ IIb1
Congenital cases.
True hereditary deafnessI1
„ III9
—10
Sporadic deaf birth„ III27
Uncertain origin„ IIb3
„ III10
—13
Aphasia„ III1
Found to be not defective as regards hearing, but M.D.„5

There are 392 children in schools for the deaf, and 135 in those for the partially
deaf. During the year Mr. Wells made 676 examinations at these schools.