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3. Swabs taken from nose and throat yielded negative results
but the patient was notified to be suffering from diphtheria and
was removed to isolation hospital.
4. One Finsbury patient admitted to general hospital suffering
from " pneumonia " was found to have diphtheria.
5. In the case of a patient taken to a hospital clinic for general
advice, a white patch was observed on the throat whilst the doctor
was examining the teeth ; this patient was found to have diphtheria.
6. A patient was discharged from Isolation hospital after
diphtheria ; the patient was taken later to a general hospital with
convulsions and was certified again to be suffering from diphtheria,
and was returned to isolation hospital.
7. A patient who had been under treatment at a special
children's hospital for pneumonia, was said by the parents to have
had a nasal discharge ever since he left that hospital up to his
removal 15 days later to isolation hospital suffering from diphtheria.
Notifications.
The number of actual cases of diphtheria notified each year
from 1920-1927, arranged according to the ages of the patients,
is given in the attached table : —