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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
Croydon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XI.
| Name. | Day of Disease. | Condition on Admission. | Subsequent progress. | Date ofDeath Days after admission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) E.P. (F) 13 yrs. | 4 | Sloughing membrane over whole pharynx. Bull neck. Rhinorrhoea ++ | Condition grew steadily worse and started cardiac vomiting 4 days after admission. Increasing heart failure with restlessness, and death. | 8 |
| (2) T.C. (F) 3½ yrs. | 4 | Membrane over both tonsils; glands of neck ++. | Shewed signs of heart failure 12 days after admission, which increased, became very restless and died from this. | 41 |
| (3) M.D. (M) 11/12 yrs. | 3 | Bilateral recession and stridor ; throat clean; breathing distressed. | Tracheotomy performed soon after admission with relief, but pulse persistently rapid and weak after this. Died a few hours later from heart failure. | 5 hours |
| (4) K.L. (F) 3 yrs. | 2 | Membrane over both tonsils. Bull neck. | Developed cardiac vomiting on 9th day after admission and heart failure increased; collapsed suddenly next day. | 10 |
| (5) M.E. (M) 4 yrs. | 3 | Moribund on admission; cyanosis and bilateral recession; membrane over left tonsil. | Tracheotomy performed on admission but child collapsed soon after. | ½ hour |
| (6) L.D. (F) 18½ yrs. | 4 | Sloughing membrane over whole of pharynx extending to palate. Bull neck and cyanosis; profuse rhinorrhoea; marked toxemia. | Throat took over 8 days to clear up. Developed palatal paresis a week after admission and heart failure next day; collapsed suddenly 9 days after admission. | 9 |
| (7) A.R. (M) 2 yrs. | 3 | Croupy with slight recession; membrane on tonsils. | After admission child became more restless and tracheotomy was performed one hour later with relief. | 4 |