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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE C.1939 NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS.(i) CHILDREN OVER 5.

TABLE C.

1939 NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS.

(i) CHILDREN OVER 5.

Diagnosis. (Primary)Total.Tonsils and Adenoids.Secondary Conditions.Treatment.Result.
Deafness.Nasal Catarrh.Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids.Diastolisation.Antiseptic Treatment.Proetz Displacement.Tonsils and Adenoids.Cured.Improved.Still under Treatment or Observation.Left or Treatment lapsed.Referred to Hospital for Operation.Declined Treatment.
Conservative Treatment.Operative Treatment.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
Sinusitis: Rhinitis11Operation before Clinic5———425———2—3——
No Operation61——125—————6——
Nasal Obstruction , Rhinitis16Operation before Clinic71——72—-—51——I—
No Operation92——96—-—41—4——
Nasal Catarrh59Operation before Clinic136——121———7——6——
No Operation4629—1397—2—235—18——
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids38Operation before Clinic---------------
No Operation38817—1132261111—223—2
Totals12412447171832312281150926012
(ii) CHILDREN UNDER 5.
AbCDEFGHIJKLMN0pQ
Nasal Catarrh1Operation before Clinic---------------
No Operation1---1-------1—-
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids3Operation before Clinic---------------
No Operation3------3----3——
Totals44——-1——3————4——