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Willesden 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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10
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases treated during the year was
236, a slightly smaller number than in 1905. The
case mortality of 6.41 per cent, is very satisfactory.
In the subjoined list the fatality rate for the last 12 years, that is, since the introduction of the antitoxin treatment, is shown.
| 1895 | 28 .8 per cent. | 1901 | 11.9 per cent. |
| 1896 | 22.6 „ | 1902 | 10.7 „ |
| 1897 | 24.8 | 1903 | 1.7 „ |
| 1898 | 19.3 „ | 1904 | 6.41 „ |
| 1899 | 14.3 „ | 1905 | 4.91 „ |
| 1900 | 14.2 „ | 1906 | 6.41 „ |
Twenty-five of the cases admitted during the
year showed symptoms of laryngeal implication, and
of that number 9 were tracheotomied, all except 3
recovering from that operation.
The following table shows the number of cases
which developed complication during the course of
their attack: —