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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

Willesden 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, so
unsuitable, it was deemed advisable to admit them.
With regard to cases wrongly diagnosed 72 were
admitted, or an average of a little under 10 per cent.
of the total admissions.

Table: TABLE No. 8.Table showing the cases wrongly diagnosed on admission, and the diseases for which they were mistaken.

TABLE No. 8.

Table showing the cases wrongly diagnosed on admission, and the diseases for which they were mistaken.

Certified as suffering fromDiagnosed in Hospital as suffering from
Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.
157...Tonsillitis
9......Erythema
...1...Sarcoma of Larynx
2......Intertrigo
1......Septic Eruption
1......Rheumatism
11...2Gastric Catarrh
1......Burns
...11Pneumonia
1......Influenza
3......Morbilli
1......Gum Rash
1......Psoriasis
......1Colic
1......Phtheiriasis
...1...Asthma
...1...Tubercular Peritonitis
1......Purpura
......1Ovarian Cyst
2......Pertussis
50115