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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
Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Name. | Day of Disease. | Condition on Admission. | Subsequent progress. | Date of Death Days after Admission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (7) W.T. (M.) 5 years. | 2 | Croupy; bilateral recession; cyanosis; throat clean; tonsils + +. Received no serum before admission. | Tracheotomy performed owing to increasing obstructions, with relief, soon after admission. Developed signs of pneumonia and collapsed on 3rd day. | 3 days. |
| (8) M.H. (M.) 2 2/12 yrs. | 6 | Sloughing membrane over whole pharynx; rhin-orrhoea + +; foetor glands of neck + +.; heart failure on admission. | Severe epistaxis 2nd day after admission; very restless at times. Collapsed suddenly on 2nd day after admission. | 2 days. |
| (9) C.C. (M.) 6 years. | 4 | Whole pharynx covered with membrane; difficulty of breathing. Received no serum before admission. | Tracheotomy performed soon after admission, but patient died soon after; moribund on admission. | 10 hours. |
| (10) R.G. (M.) 16 years. | 4 | Extensive membrane over pharynx, and oedema; Bull neck; cyanosis; foetor; signs of heart failure. Received no serum before admission. | Died by progressive heart failure 3 hours after admission. | 3 hours. |
| (11) L.G. (M.) 8½ years. | 7 | Membrane over both tonsils; blood-stained rhin-orrhoea. Received no serum before admission. | Developed signs of heart failure day after admission which was progressive until death. | 8 days. |
| (12) J.R. (F.) 3 11/12 yrs. | 3 | Extensive membrane over whole throat; Bull neck; colour poor; toxic; signs of heart failure. Received no serum before admission. | Rapidly increasing heart failure; died same night. | 9 hours. |
| (13) M.P. 11 years. | 3 | Extensive membrane over whole throat. Bull neck; rhinorrhoea + +: toxic. Received no seram before admission. | Condition grew steadily worse, and patient collapsed a few hours after admission. | 3½ hours. |
| (14) M.C. (P.) 6 years. | 1 (?) | Croupy; some recession; colour poor; pulse weak and rapid. Received no serum before .admission. Laryngeal. | Sudden heart attack during night and collapsed. | 8 hours |