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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 1944.
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| Diagnosis. | Total (Ears). | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionisation. | 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 | 30 *(2) | 7 | Operation before Clinic | — | 7 | — | — | 7 | — — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | No Operation | — | 23 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | 6 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | No Operation | — | 6 | 4 | — | 6 . | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 25 | Operation before Clinic | 6 | 25 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 7 | — | — | |
| 39 | No Operation | 1 | 38 | — | — | 33 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 35 *(7) | 6 | Operation before Clinic | — | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 29 | No Operation | 4 | 29 | 17 | — | 26 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Totals | 135 | 11 | 134 | 23 | — | 118 | — | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | ||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | |||||||||||||
| Acute Non-Suppurative Otitis Media | 7 | 2 | Operation before Clinic | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | No Operation | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media | 15 *(3) | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | No Operation | — | 15 | — | — | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal Conditions: Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 3 | — | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | No Operation | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Totals | 25 | — | 25 | — | — | 23 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Grand Totals | 160 | 11 | 159 | 23 | — | 141 | — 1 2 | 14 | 3 | — | |||
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea.