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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE "A" acute otitis media 1943.
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| Diagnosis. | Total (Ears). | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionisations. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & Adenoids Treatment: Nasal Treatment. | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left School or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not Attend or Declined Treatment. | ||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | I | j | e | l | ||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 48 *(9) | 22 | Operation before Clinic | — | 22 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | No Operation | — | 26 | — | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | 15 | 5 | Operation before Clinic | — | 5 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 10 | No Operation | — | 10 | 3 | — | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 124 *(19) | 36 | Operation before Clinic | 4 | 33 | — | — | 29 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — |
| 88 | No Operation | 10 | 78 | — | — | 72 | — | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions : Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 34 *(5) | 12 | Operation before Clinic | 2 | 10 | 7 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 22 | No Operation | 2 | 24 | 20 | — | 16 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | ||
| Totals | 221 | 18 | 208 | 33 | 1 | 184 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | ||
| PRE- SCHOOL CHILDREN. | |||||||||||||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 5 | 2 | Operation before Clinic | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | No Operation | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 10 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | No Operation | — | 10 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 7 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | No Operation | — | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 22 | — | 22 | 1 | — | 21 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Grand Totals | 243 | 18 | 230 | 34 | 1 | 205 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | ||
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi- lateral Otorrhoea.