Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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AURAL CLINIC
Nature of Disease | Still under treatment | Recommended Hospital treatment | Discharged as cured | Discharged as improved | Discharged as no treatment required | Discharged as left district | Discharged as left school | Discharged Children whose parents refused to continue attendance or treated elsewhere | Totals | ||||||||||
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New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | New | Old | ||
(i) | Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(ii) | Acute Catarrhal Otitis Media | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
(iii) | Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media due to:— | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Tympanic Sepsis | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | |
2. ,, Sepsis and Granulations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
3. Other Causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
(iv) | Mastoid Disease (previous operation) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
(v) | Partial Deafness due to:— | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Nerve Deafness | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
2. Tonsils and Adenoids | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
3. Retraction of Membrana Tympani | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
4. Scarring of Membrana Tympani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
5. Other causes | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | |
(vi) | Opinion on Tonsils | 25 | 30 | 122 | 150 | 60 | 171 | - | 1 | 9 | 105 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 16 | 224 | 477 |
(vii) | Rhinitis | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 8 | 7 |
(viii) | Other diseases or defects | 11 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 42 | 67 |
Totals | 42 | 58 | 133 | 166 | 79 | 217 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 115 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | 12 | 17 | 292 | 581 |