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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TABLE B.
CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA.
DIAGNOSIS.
Tonsils
and
Adenoids
Treatment.
Result.
Chronic Tympanic Sepsis Complicated by:-
(Children over 5.)
Chronic Tympanic Sepsis
Complicated by:-
Totals
(Ears).
Granulations:
Simple Polypii.
Mastoid
Disease.
Enlarged Tonsils
and Adenoids.
Nasal Catarrh:
Rhinitis: Sinusitis.
External Otitis:
Eczema.
Primary
(Ear)
Collateral
(Nose and
Throat)
Cured.
Improved.
Still under Treatment
or Observation.
Left or Lapsed
Treatment.
Referred to Hospital
for Operation.
Declined Treatment.
Old Operation.
No Operation.
Zinc Ionisation.
Antiseptic
Treatment or
Cautery.
Tonsils and Adenoids
Conservative: Nasal:
Diastolisation.
Tonsils and
Adenoids
Operation.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
A
Granulations: Simple Polypii
32
*(3)
8
9
3
—
1
—
Operation
before Clinic
18
12
1
—
11
1
4
1
4
—
7
1
1
1
1
-
No
Operation
7
3
2
—
8
—
1
1
1
—
B
Mastoid Disease
21
—
12
3
—
—
—
Operation
before Clinic
13
9
—
—
6
—
6
—
3
—
—
4
2
-
—
—
No
Operation
4
3
—
—
3
-
—
—
3
—
C
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids
18
*(4)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Operation
before Clinic
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
—
—
11
7
-
No
Operation
11
5
6
4
10
—
4
4
—
—
D
Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis
31
*(6)
—
3
—
—
5
1
Operation
before Clinic
7
5
5
—
6
-
-
3
—
—
—
—
—
7
15
—
No
Operation
15
8
18
2
13
—
3
4
2
—
E
External Otitis: Eczema
7
*(1)
-
-
-
-
-
6
Operation
before Clinic
6
5
—
—
6
—
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
1
No
Operation
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Totals
109
15
29
9
19
29
8
82
50
32
6
64
1
18
13
13
—
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media solely
36
*(8)
Children over 5 years
16
Operation
before Clinic
13
3
—
—
16
-
-
-
-
-
20
No
Operation
17
4
—
—
20
-
-
-
-
-
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media solely
7
Children under 5 years
—
Operation
before Clinic
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
No
Operation
4
3
—
—
4
—
—
3
—
—
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal
Conditions: Tonsils and Adenoids
5
Children under 5 years
—
Operation
before Clinic
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
No
Operation
5
2
—
1
5
-
-
-
-
-
Grand Totals
157
121
58
32
7
109
1
18
16
13
—
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi- lateral Otorrhoea, with the exception of Mastoid Disease: see below:—
Mastoid Disease—Bi-lateral Otorrhoea.
(a) Post-Operation 7
(b) No Operation 1