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98
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
A complete summary of cases notified and visited is given in the
Section of this Report dealing with Maternity and Child Welfare, page 123.
Altered Diagnosis Cases.
155 patients who had been notified and removed to hospitals as
suffering from infectious disease were later certified to be suffering from
some condition other than that which was notified:—
62 Scarlet Fever; 86 Diphtheria; 3 Puerperal Pyrexia (altered
to Puerperal Sepsis); 1 Encephalitis Lethargica; 2 Chickenpox;
1 Typhoid Fever.
The final diagnosis in the 62 Scarlet Fever cases was:—
Chickenpox 1
Erythema 2
Sulphur Dermatitis 1
Rubella 12
Common Cold 1
Simple Gastro-enteritis 1
Tonsillitis 10
Urticaria 3
Protein Sensitization 1
Disease not specified *30
62
* These were reported "Negative case," "Not notifiable," etc.
The final diagnosis in the 86 Diphtheria cases was:—
Tonsillitis, Peritonsillar Abscess, etc. 36
Whooping Cough 1
Laryngitis 1
Influenza 1
Scarlet Fever (with Chickenpox, 1) 2
Common Cold, Coryza, etc. 5
Rhinitis 1
Rhinorrhoea 1
Otorrhoea 1
Erythema 1