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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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13.
TABLE A. ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (ii) Children under 5
| Total (Ears). | Tonsils and Adenoids | TREATMENT ii RESULT | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc Ionisation | Antiseptic treatment | Tonsils & Adenoids Conservat ive:Na sal Diastolisation | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation | Cured | Improved | Still under Treatment or Observation | Left or Treatment Lapsed | Referred to Hospital for Operation | Declined Treatment. | ||||
| Acute non-suppurative Otitis Media | 12 | - | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 12 | No Operation | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media - | 14 | - | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| X(2) | 14 | No Operation | - | 14 | - | - | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions: Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids | 3 | - | Operation before Clinic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 | No Operation | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Totals | 29 | -" | 29 | 2 | 28 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||
| X The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea. | |||||||||||||