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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
West Ham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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1955
AUDIOMETRIC SURVEYS - COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS
| For treatment | For observation | Refused investigation | Removed from area before inv e stlga tlons completed | No action Required | Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defect | Minor Aliment Clinic | E.N.T. Clinic | Hospital | General Practitioner | Assistant Medical Officer | E.N.T. Clinic | Recommended to sit In favourable position | ||||
| Cerumen | 12 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 |
| No Hearing Loss | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 39 | 48 |
| For Tonsil and | |||||||||||
| Adenoid Dissection | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Conductive Deafness | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 15 | |
| Eustachian Tube Blockage | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Mixed Deafness | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Deafness due to mechanical obstruction | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Familial Deafness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Deafness: Cause not known | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Total Deafness -one ear | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | l | |||
| Catarrhal Deafness | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Deafness due to Perforated ear drum | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| High Frequency Deafness | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Otorrhoea | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Rhinitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Doubtful Defect | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Grand Totals: | 14 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 126 |