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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE 'B' CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA SCHOOL CHILDREN WALTHAMSTOW, 1948
| Diagnosis. | Totals (Ears). | Diagnosis. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Tympanic Sepsis, Complicated by:— | Granulations: Simple Polypii. | Mastoid Disease. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis. | External Otitis, Eczema. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | 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 or Declined Treatment. | |||||||
| Old Operation. | No Operation. | lonisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. Cautery, etc. | Mastoid Operation. | Tonsils/Adenoids. Conservative Treatment. Nasal Treatm. | Tonsils and Adenoids Operation. | |||||||||||||||
| school. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Granulations: Simple Polypii | 2 (1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operation before Clinic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | – | 2 | – | No Operation | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | — | 2 | — | – | – | – | – | ||||
| B Mastoid Disease | 2 (2) | — | 2 | – | — | — | – | Operation before Clinic | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | No Operation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| C Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operation before Clinic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | No Operation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| D Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis | 3 (1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operation before Clinic | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | – | 1 | — | ||
| – | – | – | – | 3 | – | No Operation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| E External Otitis : Eczema | 2 (1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operation before Clinic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | 2 | No Operation | 2 | 2 | – | — | — | 2 | – | — | – | — | — | ||||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, solely | 10 (2) | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | Operation before Clinic | 1 | 2 | – | — | — | 3 | — | — | – | 2 | – | ||
| – | – | 5 | – | – | – | No Operation | 4 | 1 | – | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Totals (School) | 19 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | – | 5 | — | 12 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| –PRE-SCHOOL.. | Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, solely .. | 2 | – | – | — | – | – | Operation before Clinic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | – | 2 | – | – | No Operation | — | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, with Nasal Conditions : Tonsils/Adenoids | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operation before Clinic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | No Operation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| –Totals (Pre-School) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |||
| Grand Totals | 21 | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | – | 5 | — | 12 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| *Figures in Brackets—Cases of Bi-Lateral Otorrhoea or Mastoid. | |||||||||||||||||||||