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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

Walthamstow 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: (e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of cases requiring treatment and observation was as follows:—

(e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of cases requiring treatment and observation was as follows:—

19331932
TreatmentObservationTreatmentObservation
Enlarged Tonsils7829380131
Adenoids15927
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids831516
Totals87301104174

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The tendency to refer cases for observation rather than for
operation has continued during 1933.

Table: (f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.—

(f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.—

19331932
Defective hearing3038
Otitis Media238213
Other Ear Disease3570
Totals303321

Table: (g) Dental Defects.

(g) Dental Defects.

InspectionRequiring TreatmentPercentageActually TreatedFillingsExtractionsGas AnæstheticOther operations
833189121263066.7771861781013848251142
932205931402668.176815111106314843933

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(h) Orthopædic and Postural Defects.— A total of 30 deformities
was found to require treatment. The smallness of this
number is explained by the fact that nearly every cripple is now
being discovered under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme,
and is receiving treatment either under your Authority's
Orthopasdic Scheme, at one of the Metropolitan Hospitals or
from the family doctor.

Table: (i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The findings were as follows:—

(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The findings were as follows:—

Requiring treatmentObservation
Heart Disease—Organic317
Functional3231
Anæmia588
Totals12146