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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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96
Altered Diagnosis Cases.
120 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:—
46 Scarlet Fever; 57 Diphtheria; 1 Puerperal Pyrexia, altered
to Puerperal Sepsis, and 4 Pueiperal Fever altered to
Puerperal Pyrexia; 1 Smallpox; 10 Chickenpox.
The final diagnosis in the 46 Scarlet Fever cases was:—
| Chickenpox | 1 |
| Erythema | 1 |
| Measles | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 2 |
| Stomatitis | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 1 |
| Common Cold | 1 |
| Disease not specified | |
| 46 |
* These were reported "Negative case," "Not notifiable," etc.
The final diagnosis in the 57 Diphtheria cases was:—
| Tonsilitis | 14 |
| Laryngitis | 1 |
| Measles | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 |
| Common Cold | 1 |
| Disease not specified | *38 |
| 57 |
In addition, there were 18 cases reported as Bacteriological Diphtheria.
These have been included as cases of Diphtheria.
* These were reported "Negative case," "Not notifiable," etc.