Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Final Diagnosis.
The final diagnosis arrived at in connection with the 479 completed cases was as follows :—
Recovered. | Died. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 48 | 3 | 51 |
Diphtheria (Bacteriological) | 2 | — | 2 |
*Laryngeal Diphtheria and Measles | — | 1 | 1 |
Post-diphtheritic Palatal Paresis | 1 | — | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 197 | 1 | 198 |
*Scarlet Fever and Nasopharyngeal Sarcoma | 1 | - | 1 |
*Scarlet Fever and Carcinoma | — | 1 | 1 |
*Scarlet Fever and Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | _ | 1 |
*Scarlet Fever and Measles | 2 | - | |
*Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | 1 | - | 1 |
*Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 |
Measles | 90 | — | 90 |
*Measles and Whooping Cough | 3 | — | 3 |
*Measles and Chicken Pox | 2 | — | 2 |
Rubella | 2 | — | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 18 | 4 | 22 |
Mumps | 4 | — | 4 |
Chicken Pox | 1 | — | 1 |
*Erysipelas | 16 | — | 16 |
Erysipelas and Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | 1 | 1 |
Acute Streptococcal Pneumonia | — | 1 | 1 |
Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia | — | 1 | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | 1 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | — | 2 |
Tubercular Peritonitis | 1 | — | 1 |
Colitis | 1 | — | 1 |
Castro Enteritis | 2 | — | 2 |
Cystitis | 1 | — | 1 |