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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 1954

[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 schoolDischarged Children whose parents refused to continue attendance or treated elsewhereTotals
NewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOldNewOld
(i) Acute Suppurative Otitis Media1-1-21-1--------42
(ii) Acute Catarrhal Otitis Media—————1—————————1—2
(iii) Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media due to:—
1. Tympanic Sepsis---1-2--1-------23
2. „ Sepsis and Granulations------------------
3. Other Causes—1---1-1--------—3
(iv) Mastoid Disease---1-3-----------4
(v) Partial Deafness due to:—
1. Nerve Deafness----1----1------11
2. Tonsils and Adenoids11--42----1---1-73
3. Retraction of Membrana Tympani3-2-32-121------104
4. Scarring of Membrana Tympani--------11------11
5. Other causes533246——82————312314
(vi) Opinion on Tonsils183562180891-2013----43179129
(vii) Rhinitis61237123-22----222220
(viii) Other diseases or defects11126217311-154----115150
Totals452170301191505349241---118300236