Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Total ears passed | 19,100 or 93.9 per cent. | |||
Total ears failed | 1,242 or 61 per cent. | |||
Total Tested. | Found with Defect. | Defect in:— | ||
One ear. | Both ears. | |||
Boys | 4,782 | 415 | 168 | 247 |
Girls | 5,389 | 484 | 175 | 309 |
Totals | 10,171 | 899 | 343 | 556 |
ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS FOUND.
Total defective ears. | Number of ears showing hearing loss in units of hearing, as follows:— | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | ||
Boys | 583 | 166 | 169 | 129 | 64 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 13 |
Girls | 659 | 227 | 192 | 102 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
Totals | 1,242 | 393 | 361 | 231 | 123 | 62 | 29 | 17 | 26 |
The following tables show the degree of defect and the results of treatment in children examined in 1936.
Number of ears with their loss before treatment. | Loss reduced after treatment to:— | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 units or less. | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | |
21 ears had 9 units loss | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
33 „ 12 „ | 30 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
14 „ 15 „ | 13 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - |
3 „ 18 „ | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - |
4 „ 21 „ | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - |
4 „ 24 „ | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | - |
3 „ 27 „ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | - |
3 „ 30 „ | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - |
85 ears had loss of 9 to 30 units | 68 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | - |