London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE A.
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA. (ii) Children under 5.
| Total Ears) | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Zinc Ionization, | TREATMENT | Improved. | RESULT. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & adenoids Conservative: Nasal Diast: | Tonsils & adenoids Operation. | Cured. | Still under treatment or observatia | Left or treatment lapsed. | Referred to Hosp. for operation. | Did not attend for or declined treatment. | ||||||
| Acute non-suppurative Otitis Media. | - | - | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | No Operation. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute suppurative Otitis Media. | 2 *(1) | - | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | No Operation. | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otiti Media with Nasal conditionst Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | 2 | - | Operation before Clinic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | No Operation. | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Totals. | 4 *(1) | - | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea. | |||||||||||||