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Walthamstow 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Refractory or special cases are referred to the weekly consultant aural clinic held on Mondays from 2 to 4.30 p.m. by Dr. A. R. Friel, who reports as follows:—

Nature of Disease.Total.Cured.Lost Sight of.Still under Treatment.Hospital Treatment.
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media5649421
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media due to:—
(a) Tympanic Sepsis2721411
(b) Tympanic Sepsis and Granulations12111--
(c) Tympanic Sepsis and Polypi51211
Tympanic Sepsis and Rhinitis211-
Attic Disease624-
Mastoid Disease102152
External Otitis Media1212
Not Diagnosed33
Totals13310212145

The number "lost sight of" is made up as follows:—
Left District 4
Attending Hospital 5
Attending own Doctor 3
Audiometer Testing.—During the year the routine audiometer
testing of the 8-9 years age group was discontinued,
and instead the Cowan picture frames were obtained in order
to allow the instrument to be used with infants as soon as
possible after entrance to school. The picture frames are so
attractive that the tests are easily carried out as a game.
Six children can be tested at one time.
During the year a weekly testing session was held in the
schools, and 176 children showing a hearing loss of 9 units
or over were referred to the fortnightly clinic held by Dr.
Friel.
A total of 161 children attended these clinics.
Audiometer Clinic.—Dr. Friel kindly reports as follows:—
"The analysis of the condition present in the ears suffering
from chronic suppurative middle ear inflammation is given as.
in previous reports. It should be stated that the criterion for
chronicity is that there is reason to suspect that more than
one variety of micro-organism is present in the discharge if
a microscopical examination were made. When the condition
is acute and the discharge is running out of the ear, there is
hardly time for the micro-organisms to develop in the car,
but when the discharge becomes less (without entirely
ceasing) there is time for this to occur. In all the reports
c