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Enfield 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Staff at the Southbury Road and other clinics for their wholehearted
support and co-operation in this Department during the
past year.
A detailed list of cases is appended.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
J. C. HOGG,
School Aural Surgeon.
| CLASSIFICATION. | Still under treatment. I.S.Q. | Improved. | Discharged cured. | Recurrent, but again discharged. | Refused treatment. | Left School, District, or treated elsewhere. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Acute or subacute suppurative otitis media | 3 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 80 |
| 2. Chronic suppurative otitis media | 19 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 88 |
| 3. Chronic catarrhal deafness, Eustachian obstruction and otosclerosis | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 31 | ||
| 4. Wax, otitis externa, eczema, boils, etc. | 1 | 22 | — | 1 | — | 24 | |
| 5. Chronic Rhinitis, nasal obstruction, Tonsils and Adenoids, etc. | 19 | 10 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 83 | |
| 6. Non-aural | 37 | ||||||
| Total | 343 | ||||||