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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

Ilford 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: AURAL CLINIC.

AURAL CLINIC.

Nature of DiseaseStill under treatmentRecommended Hospital treatmentDischarged as curedDischarged as improvedDischarged as no treatment requiredDischarged as left districtDischarged as left schoolTreatment refused by ParentEvacuatedTotal
NewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOld
(i) Acute Suppurative Otitis Media11--22------------33
(ii) Acute Catarrhal Otitis Media----1-------------1
(iii) Chronic ,,11----------------11
(iv) Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media due to:—
1. Tympanic Sepsis—1——121——-1————1—135
2. ,, and Granulations—1----1---------1425
3. ,, and Polypi1-----------------1—
4. Other Causes3---223------11--194
(v) Mastoid Disease (previous operation)1------1----------11
(vi) Partial Deafness due to:—
1. Nerve Deafness1------1-----1----12
2. Tonsils and Adenoids3---22--------1--163
3. Retraction of Membrana Tympani22-—212--------1-73
4. Scarring of Membrana11---1---------11-23
5. Wax-1--1-2-----------31
I2
7. Other causes—1—---1-1-------1-31
(vii) Opinion on Tonsils611229721---2--3-914314
(viii) Nasal Conditions155-2383621-21112943431
(ix) Other diseases or defects31——11——1—————————52
Totals3817124232715941341364221312482