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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

Leyton 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: AURAL CLINIC. School Cases.

AURAL CLINIC. School Cases.

Nature of DiseaseStill under treatment.Recommended Hospital treatment.Recommended Special School.Discharged as cured.Discharged as improved.Discharged as no treatment required.Discharged as left district.Discharged as left school.Totals
(i) Acute Suppurative Otitis Media9......1......27 .19
(ii) „ Catarrhal „ „12...1.........26
(iii) Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media due to :—
1. Tympanic Sepsis...........................
2. „ „ and Granulations1.....................1
3. „ „ and Polypi1.....................1
4. „ and previous Mastoid Operation...........................
5. Other causes...........................
(iv) Mastoid Disease (previous operation)...........................
(v) Partial Deafness due to :—
1. Nerve Deafness...........................
2. Tonsils and Adenoids...........................
3. Retraction of Membrana Tympani...........................
4. Scarring1.....................1
5. Catarrhal Rhinitis2.....................4
6. Wax...........................
7. Other Causes...........................
(vi) Nasal Cases :—
1. Hypertrophic Rhinitis...........................
2. Sinusitis11...............35
3. Atrophic Rhinitis...........................
4. Deviated Septum........................1
5. Foreign Body...........................
6. Polypus...........................
(vii) Tonsils and Adenoids...21............1628
(viii) Other Diseases or Defects22...............48
Totals1827...2......42374