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Shoreditch 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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to give treatment, and the cases are seen once a week by the Assistant Medical Officer
of Health. A Health Visitor is also present on the Doctor's day, and she assists
generally in the administration of the Clinic at other times.
This Clinic was commenced primarily with the view of making it easy for regular
treatment to be obtained for discharging ears, as it was found that mothers could not
spare the time to take their children to overcrowded hospitals for this purpose.
It is felt that during the first year of its working much valuable work has been done»
and a number of cases of otitis media have been prevented by early treatment from
going on to more serious ear disease.
treated by this method. I he following is a statistical account of patients treated:—
| No. of cases sent for treatment | 86 | |||||
| Average weekly attendances | 22.13 (44 weeks). | |||||
| Diagnosis. | No. Discharged, well. | No Discontinued Treatment. | Referred to Hospital | Still attending. | Totals. | |
| Improved. | Not improved. | |||||
| Otitis Media (suppurative) | 32 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 50 |
| Otitis Media (catarrhal) | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Meatitis | 12 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Internal Ear Disease | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Eustachia Obstruction (catarrhal) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Rhinitis | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Wax in Ears | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Turbinate Disease | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| No Disease found | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Totals | 63 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 86 |
HEALTH WEEK.
Health Week which is now an established fixture in our Public Health calendar
was held during the week commencing Monday, 21st October, 1929.
An Exhibition was held in the large hall and lectures were delivered in the
Council Chamber.
Altogether the week was a great success and the interest shown by the large
number of persons who attended amply compensated for their efforts those upon
whom fell the very considerable work that such an occasion involves.