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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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102
ALTERED DIAGNOSIS CASES.
99 patients who had been notified as suffering from infectious disease
were later certified to be suffering from some condition other than that
which was notified:—
24 Scarlet Fever; 38 Diphtheria; 1 Acute Poliomyelitis;
1 Puerperal Pyrexia, altered to Puerperal Sepsis; 12 Smallpox
; 24 Chickenpox.
The final diagnosis in the 24 Scarlet Fever cases was:—
| Tonsillitis | 3 |
| Erythema | 1 |
| Measles | 2 |
| Diphtheria with Erythema | 1 |
| Dermatitis | 2 |
| Disease not specified | *15 |
| 24 |
*These were reported "Negative case", "Not notifiable", etc.
The final diagnosis in the 38 Diphtheria cases was:—
| Tonsillitis | 4 |
| Measles | I |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 |
| Disease not specified | *30 |
| 38 |
*These were reported "Negative case", "Not notifiable", etc.
The Acute Poliomyelitis was reported to be "Negative case."
The Puerperal Pyrexia patient died from Puerperal Sepsis and the
notification has been transferred to Puerperal Fever.