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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 1944.
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 | E | i | j | K | l | m | n | o | p | Q | r | |
| Sinusitis: Rhinitis | 42 | Operation before Clinic | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| No Operation | 30 | 1 | - | 2 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Nasal Obstruction: Rhinitis | 70 | Operation before Clinic | 17 | — | 3 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 5 |
| No Operation | 53 | 1 | 5 | — | 12 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 6 | - | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | — | 25 | ||
| Nasal Catarrh | 74 | Operation before Clinic | 13 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | — | - | 7 | I | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| No Operation | 61 | 4 | 10 | — | 4 | 26 | 16 | — | 3 | - | 23 | 3 | — | 14 | — | 21 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 64 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 64 | — | 1 | 25 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Totals (school) | 250 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 86 | 62 | 32 | 44 | 14 | 86 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 18 | 77 | ||
| PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sinusitis: Rhinitis. Nasal Conditions | 20 | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Operation | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 3 | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| No Operation | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids with Nasal Conditions | Operation before Clinic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| No Operation | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals (Pre-school) | 30 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 18 | — | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Grand Totals | 280 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 90 | 90 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 95 | 19 | 20 | 45 | 19 | 82 | ||