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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 "C" nose and throat conditions 1943.
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| Diagnosis. Primary Conditions. | Totals. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Secondary Conditions. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otitis Media. | Deafness. | Nasal Catarrh. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Diastolisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Proetz Displacement. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left school or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend or Declined Treatment. | |||||
| Conservative Treatment. | Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||
| a | b | C | d | E | f | g | h | i | j | K | l | m | n | 0 | p | Q | r | |
| Sinusitis: Rhinitis | 64 | Operation before Clinic | 25 | 4 | 5 | 8 | — | 16 | 19 | 19 | — | — | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| No Operation | 39 | 4 | — | 9 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 8 | — | 10 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Nasal Obstruction: Rhinitis | 61 | Operation before Clinic | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 19 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 |
| No Operation | 40 | 6 | 3 | — | 4 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Nasal Catarrh | 86 | Operation before Clinic | 19 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| No Operation | 67 | 8 | 6 | — | 7 | 50 | 20 | — | 5 | — | 36 | 7 | 1 | 9 | — | 14 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 107 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 107 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | 76 | 22 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 16 | ||
| Totals (school) | 318 | 30 | 23 | 39 | 23 | 164 | 87 | 49 | 91 | 22 | 151 | 31 | 25 | 38 | 22 | 51 | ||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sinusitis : Rhinitis. Nasal Conditions | 30 | Operation before Clinic | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 28 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 14 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | 7 | — | 5 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 16 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 16 | — | — | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids with Nasal Conditions | 16 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 16 | — | — | 7 | — | 6 | 9 | — | 7 | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals (Pre-school) | 62 | 6 | 1 | 15 | — | 23 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Grand Totals | 380 | 36 | 24 | 54 | 13 | 187 | 111 | 50 | 108 | 2 | 172 | 44 | 28 | 48 | 29 | 59 | ||