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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
Tottenham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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form an account of the use made by Tottenham of the Isolation Hospitals
of other authorities.
SCARLET FEVER.
| Hospital. | Diagnosis correct and cases treated to a conclusion. | Diagnosis incorrect. | Fatal cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases. | Average stay in Hospital (days). | Number of cases. | Average stay in Hospital (days). | Number of cases. | Average stay in Hospital (days). | |
| Southgate | 173 | 26.3 | 8 | 20.7 | 1 | 46.0 |
| Hornsey | 30 | 30.7 | 2 | 21.5 | 1 | 4.0 |
| L.C.C. | 3 | 35.6 | 2 | 21.0 | — | — |
| London Fever | 3 | 43.3 | — | — | 1 | 16.0 |
| Enfield & Edmonton | 1 | 30.0 | — | — | — | — |
Wrongly diagnosed cases were re-classified as follows:—Whooping
Cough, 1; Bronchitis, 1; Measles, 5; Tonsillitis, 1; German Measles, 1;
Not Scarlet Fever, 2; Food Rash, 1.
DIPHTHERIA.
| Hospital. | Diagnosis correct and cases treated to a conclusion. | Diagnosis incorrect. | Fatal cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases. | Average stay in Hospital (days). | Number of cases. | Average stay in Hospital (days). | Number of cases. | Average stay in Hospital (days). | |
| Southgate | 144 | 59.9 | 13 | 22.3 | 5 | 18.8 |
| Hornsey | 73 | 46.0 | 9 | 19.6 | 7 | 6.4 |
| L.C.C. | 13 | 58.7 | 2 | 23.0 | — | — |
| London Fever | 7 | 51.1 | — | — | — | — |
| Enfield & Edmonton | 2 | 13.0 | — | — | — | — |
Wrongly diagnosed cases were re-classified as follows:—Not Diphtheria,
8; Scarlet Fever, 3; Tonsillitis, 8; Croup, 1; Mumps, 2;
Bronchitis, 1; Retro-Pharyngeal Abscess, 1.