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Coexistent Diseases.
Twenty-nine patients were, on admission, found to be
suffering from more than one disease. The diseases were
combined as follows:—
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria 13
Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox 10
Diphtheria and Chicken Pox 5
Diphtheria and Rheumatic Fever 1
Other Diseases. 29
Fifty patients suffering from diseases not as a rule
treated in this Hospital were admitted for special reasons.
They were :
Measles, 18; Meningitis, 28; Mastoid Disease, 2;
Erysipelas, 5; Puerperal Fever, 1; Pneumonia, 2;
while one infant was accommodated whose mother was
admitted as a patient.
Bacteriological Work.
The number of examinations conducted in the Hospital
laboratory was 1,038, as shown in the following Table,
No. 9:—
Table No. 9.
Nature of Specimens examined.
Positive
Result.
Negative
Result.
Total.
1. Throat and Nose Swabs
for Diphtheria Bacilli,
etc.
79
667
746
2. Sputum for Tubercle
Bacilli
99
181
280
3. Blood for Widal Test
1
11
12
Total
179
859
1038