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 Southgate]
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Diphtheria—47.4 days (longest, 98 days—persistent diphtheria
bacilli in throat; shortest, 1 day—died.)
Average duration, 1932—49 days.
Cases Treated in the Cubicle Block during 1933 (including Cases in Hospital on January 1st, 1933):—
Erysipelas | 31 |
Erysipelas and Arthritis | 1 |
Erysipelas and Fracture of Base of Skull | 1 |
Erysipelas and Cellulitis of leg | 1 |
Erysipelas and Double Mastoid | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | |
Baby with Mother | 1 |
Baby born in Hospital | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 |
Measles | 3 |
Measles and Pneumonia | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 2 |
Whooping Cough and Pneumonia | 10 |
Whooping Cough and Bronchitis | 4 |
Whooping Cough, Pneumonia and Burns | 1 |
Rubella | 4 |
Pneumococcal Meningitis | 1 |
Diphtheria | 1 |
Diphtheria Carriers | 2 |
Diphtheria, Eczema of head and Endocarditis | 1 |
Diphtheria and Specific Arthritis | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 5 |
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | 2 |
Scarlet Fever and Measles | 2 |
Scarlet Fever and Chickenpox | 3 |
Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | 2 |
Scarlet Fever and Urticaria | 1 |
Scarlet Fever and Rubella | 1 |
Scarlet Fever and Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 |
Post-Scarlatinal Nephritis and Endocarditis | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 |
Tonsilitis | 17 |
Cellulitis of leg | 2 |
Septicaemia | 1 |
Simple Laryngeal Croup | 1 |
Sub-Acute Rheumatism | 2 |
Influenza | 1 |
Hilus Tuberculosis | 1 |
Non-infectious Rashes | 5 |
Total | 121 |