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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 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TABLE No. 75.

TABLE No. 75.

Chief Complications of Scarlet Fever.Number of Cases
Otitis Media17
Mastoiditis2
Adenitis16
„ Suppurative2
Relapse3
Rheumatism14
Nephritis5
Albuminuria10

Table: TABLE No. 76.

TABLE No. 76.

Chief Complications of Diphtheria.Number of Cases.
Albuminuria i31
Otitis Media18
Paralysis41
Adenitis14

Table: TABLE No. 77.Showing Cases wrongly Certified and the Diseases for which they were mistaken.

TABLE No. 77.

Showing Cases wrongly Certified and the Diseases for which they were mistaken.

Certified as suffering fromDiagnosed as suffering from
Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.
1932-Tonsillitis.
9—-Septic Rash.
1—-Scabies.
2--Rubella.
—2-Pneumonia.
—1-Bronchitis.
1—-Cervical Gland Abscess.
—2-Laryngitis (Measles)
-1-Rhinitis Suppurative.
--1Debility.
5——Nil.
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