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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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1956
AUDIOMETRIC SURVEYS - COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS
| Defect | For treatment | For observation | Refused investigation . | Removed from area before investigation completion | No action required | Totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailment Clinic | E.N.T. Clinic | Hospital | General Practitioners | Assistant Medical Officers | E.N.T. Clinic | Recommended to sit in favourable position | |||||
| Cerumen | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| No hearing loss | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 82 | 85 |
| For tonsil and adenoid dissection | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Conductive deafness | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 |
| Eustachian tube blockage | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Mixed deafness | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Deafness due to mechanical obstruction | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perceptive deafness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Deafness: Cause not known | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 17 | 24 |
| Total deafness -one ear | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | |
| Catarrhal deafness | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Deafness due to perforated ear drum | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| High frequency-deafness | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Low frequency deafness | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
| Otorrhoea | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | l |
| Doubtful defect | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | - | 12 | |
| Grand Totals: | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 101 | 170 |