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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE “A” Acute otitis media
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| Diagnosis. | Total (Ears). | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Result. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc Ionisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & Adenoids Treatment: Nasal Treatment etc. | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left School or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not Attend or Declined Treatment. | ||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | ||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 8 | 3 | Operation before Clinic | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | No Operation | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | 1 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | No Operation | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 13 | 1 | Operation before Clinic | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| (2) | 12 | No Operation | — | 12 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 8 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (1) | 8 | No Operation | — | 8 | 6 | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Totals | 30 | — | 30 | 7 | — | 27 | — | — | 3 | — | — | ||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | |||||||||||||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 4 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | No Operation | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 3 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 3 | No Operation | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | — | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | No Operation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Grand Totals | 37 | — | 37 | 7 | — | 32 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | ||
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea.