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33.
RUBELLA.
8 cases were received with a notification of rubella, the diagnosis
"being confirmed in 7 instances, with 2 further cases occurring in patients
sent in as "seerlet fever" and "measles". All were discharged during the
year after an rverage stay of 11 days.
MUMPS.
42 patients were received with a diagnosis of tumps, 40 being discharged
during the year and 2 regaining in hospital until January, 1946.
In 36 of the 40 completed cases the diagnosis was confirmed, a further case
found among those sent in as Scarlet Fever bringing the total to 37.
Average stay of these patients was 22,3 days.
ERYSIPELAS.
23 cases with a notification of Erysipelas were admitted of which one,
a male patient aged 84 years, died. Of the remainder, 20 were discharged
during the year, leaving 2 in Hospital on 31.12.45. The diagnosis was
confirmed in 15 of the completed cases, the average stay of the recovered
14 being 18.8 days,
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
5 ca ses were admitted with a notification of this disease. Three of
these, in which the diagnosis was confirmed, were transferred, after the
infectious period, to the Royrl National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, for
treatment of the residual parelyr-:i Of the remaining two cases, one which
was diagnosed as tubercular nrtiir: '.is of hip,was transferred to the Redhill
County Hospital after 10 days' treatment. In the 5th case no recognisable
malady was observed.
TYPHOID & PARATYPHOID FEVER.
4 cases were admitted with a diagaosis of suspected typhoid fever but
in each case the diagnosis was unconfirmed. A further patient, sent in from
the Harrow Urban District with a diagnosis of Paratyphoid Fever, exhibited on
arrival symptoms of acute appendicitis and operative treatment was imxdiately
arranged. Appendicoctomy revealed a ruptured appendix abscess and peritonitis
ensued. This patient was transferred to the Redhill County Hospital for
further treatment after 9 days in the Isolation Hospital.