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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 “C” NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| Diagnosis. Primary Conditions. | Totals. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Secondary Conditions. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otitis Media. | Deafness. | Nasal Catarrh. etc. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Diastolisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Proetz Displacement. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation | Left school or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend or Declined Treatment. | |||||
| Conservative Treatment. | Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | |
| Sinusitis: Rhinitis | 24 | Operation before Clinic | 8 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| No Operation | 16 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 14 | 11 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Nasal Obstruction: Rhinitis | 110 | Operation before Clinic | 19 | 2 | 9 | — | — | 16 | 5 | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| No Operation | 91 | 1 | 10 | — | 20 | 58 | 40 | — | 15 | — | 39 | 9 | 16 | 21 | — | 6 | ||
| Nasal Catarrh | 48 | Operation before Clinic | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| No Operation | 43 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | 19 | 23 | — | — | — | 18 | 10 | — | 10 | — | 5 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 145 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 145 | 3 | — | 39 | — | 12 | 26 | 2 | 94 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 35 | 19 | ||
| Totals (school) | 327 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 22 | 107 | 119 | 20 | 110 | 34 | 108 | 39 | 46 | 60 | 37 | 37 | ||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nasal Conditions: Sinusitis: Rhinitis. | 13 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 13 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 8 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids with Nasal Conditions | 3 | Operation before Clinio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Totals (Pre-sohool) | 24 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 14 | — | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | ||
| Grand Totals | 351 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 22 | 111 | 133 | 20 | 119 | 36 | 112 | 45 | 50 | 68 | 39 | 37 | ||