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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
Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXX.
Causes of Otorrhœa (as obtained in history given by parents).
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | Whooping Cough and Pneumonia. | 1 |
| Measles | 14 | ||
| Scarlet Fever & Measles | 2 | Retro-pharyngeal Abscess | 1 |
| Tons, and Ad. Opn. | 12 | Teething | 1 |
| "Colds" | 11 | Foreign Body | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | Swimming | 1 |
| Influenza | 3 | Unknown | 131 |
Date and cause of onset are rarely given with any precision.
Usually the mother is quite ignorant of both. Otorrhœa is
certainly one of the diseases the danger of which must be emphasised
to parents, for at present its occurrence is treated with
astonishing indifference.
Table XXXI summarises the principal work of the Clinic. It
deals with those cases falling into Group III. (c).