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Walthamstow 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE “B” CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| Diagnosis. | Diagnosis. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Tympanic Sepsis, Complicated by:— | Totals (Ears). | Granulations: Simple Polypii. | Mastoid Disease. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis. | External Otitis, Eczema. | Primary (Ear). | Collateral (Nose and Throat). | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment: Observation. | Left School or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend for or Declined Treatment. | |||||||
| Old Operation. | No Operation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ionisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. Cautery, etc. | Mastoid Operation. | Tonsils/Adenoids. Conservative Treatment. Nasal Treatm. | Tonsils and Adenoids Operation. | |||||||||||||||||
| A | Granulations: Simple Polypii | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | ||||
| School | A | Granulation | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| (4) | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | No Operation | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| B | Mastoid Disease | — | — | — | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | No Operation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| C | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | 1 | — | — | No Operation | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| D | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | Operation before Clinic | 3 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| *(2) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | No Operation | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| E | External Otitis: Eczema | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | Operation before Clinic | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| *(1) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | No Operation | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, solely | 4 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 4 | No Operation | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Totals (School) | 28 | — | 11 | — | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 24 | — | 5 | — | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | |||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-school. | Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, solely | 3 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 3 | No Operation | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, with Nasal Conditions: Tonsils/Adenoids | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | — | No Operation | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Totals (Pre-School) | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| Grand Totals | 32 | — | 11 | — | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 28 | — | 5 | — | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | |||
* Figures in Brackets—Cases of Bi-Lateral Otorrhoea or Mastoid.