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Ealing 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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(d) Ear Defects.—The Ear Clinic for the investigation and
treatment of ear disease held at the Mattock Lane and Ravenor Park
Health Centres once a fortnight was in the charge of Dr. Murdoch
MacGregor who is specially qualified for this work. Cases were
referred from the School Medical and Child Welfare Services.
The nature of the examinations and the methods of treatment
were similar to those outlined in the report for 1936.

The cases examined and the results of treatment were as m the two tables which follow:

Number of cases under treatment 31st December, 193656
Number of cases referred from Routine Medical Inspections in 193780
Number of cases referred from Inspection Clinics in 193767
Number of cases referred from Child Welfare Centres in 193715
Total218

In this table it will be noted that 218 cases altogether were
referred to the Clinic in 1937, an increase of 64 cases over the previous
year. New cases referred for treatment were 162, an increase of
32 over the previous year.

Ear Cases Examined in1937.

Diagnosis.No.Successfully treated and discharged.Successfully treated and under observation.Referred to hospitalstill under treatment.
Acute Otitis Media302253
Double Acute Otitis Media211
Chronic Otitis Media8715321129
Double Chronic Otitis Media2969311
Catarrhal Deafness2310517
Wax99
Furunculosis22
Congenital Deafness1
Acute Mastoiditis11
Post Auricular Adenitis111
Chronic Adhesive Process1
Otalgia11
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