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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
Twickenham 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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TABLE VI.
| Total No. of attendances. | No. of new cases. | Special examinations. | No. receiving treatment. | Fillings. | Extractions. | Other treatment. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp. | Perm. | Temp. | Perm. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | - | 7 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 12 | 12 | — | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 Dressings, |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | 24 | - | - | 92 | 13 | |
| 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 3 Dressings. |
| 12 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 Dressing. |
| 18 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 Dressings. |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | 19 | - | - | 68 | 9 | |
| 23 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 Dressings. | ||
| 23 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | - | - | 18 Dressings. |
| 31 | 18 | 17 | 14 | — | - | 58 | 4 | — |
| 187 | 145 | 61 | 129 | 36 | 55 | 222 | 26 | 29 Dressings. |
Of the 61 children specially examined, 3 received treatment at
the same time.
In seven cases the parents have obtained private treatment for
their children, and in four instances the parents refused to obtain
any treatment.
Diseases of Nose and Throat.
Two hundred and thirty-two children had some enlargement of
the tonsils, but in only 55 was the enlargement marked.
Adenoids only were noted in 43 children or (2.8 per cent, of the
children examined), the condition being marked in 12 cases.
In the Report from the principal medical officer to the Board
of Education for the year 1913, (issued at the end of 1914) it is
suggested that the subject of the incidence, causes, previous
history, associated conditions and treatment of adenoids, should
specially be reported upon.