London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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operations performed:—
Tenotomy foot 1
Arthrodesis feet 2
Arthrodesis hands 2
Tenotomy of tendo achilles and division of
plantar faciae 1
Schlatter's disease 1
Surgical Appliances and Boots.
Minor alterations to boots (wedges, etc.) 66
Other alterations to boots (surgical) 3
Walking caliper and high boot 1
High boot 1
Artificial arm 1
AURAL CLINIC
There were held during the year some 37 sessions of the special
Aural Clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of defects and diseases
of the ear, nose and throat. Of the 461 examinations carried out
by the specialist, 123 were new cases and 338 were subsequent
attendances.
Sixteen appointments are made for each session, but the
average number of attendances per session was 13.
The conditions dealt with include:— Aural Cases.
| Deafness with or without other complications | 34 |
| Chronic suppurative otitis medial | 30 |
| Secretory otitis media | |
| Acute otitis media | 4 |
| Other ear conditions | 8 |
| Catarrhal Conditions. | |
| Nasal catarrh with or without obstruction | 43 |
| Other Defects of Nose and Throat. | |
| Sinusitis and antrum trouble | 10 |
| Deflected nasal septum | 4 |
| " Tonsil " cases | 29 |
| Polypus | 1 |
| Papilloma | 1 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 2 |
| 166 | |