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Croydon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SCARLET FEVER.
The total number of Scarlet Fever cases admitted during the
year was 631: a decrease of 124 on 1935.
610 cases were admitted from the Borough and 21 from Penge.
The type of the disease dining the year was generally mild, but
there was once again a number of adult cases. 11 cases sent in as
Scarlet Fever were not suffering from the disease.
The following complications and sequela; occurred amongst the
true Scarlet Fever cases.
Table VI.
| Total cases | Serum Cases. | Non-Serum Cases. |
|---|---|---|
| 236 | 384 | |
| Adenitis | 13 | 32 |
| Otorrhoea | 18 | 27 |
| Rhinorrhoea | 6 | 10 |
| Albuminuria | 1 | 4 |
| Nephritis | — | 1 |
| Rheumatism | — | 5 |
| Relapses ...... | 1 | 5 |
| Secondary Sore Throat | 2 | 4 |
| Abscesses and Boils | 2 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | — | 3 |
| Mastoid | 2 | — |
| Lobar Pneumonia | — | 1 |
The average stay in Hospital of serum cases was 39.6 days ; of
•ion-serum cases 38.9 days.
wo deaths occurred among Scarlet Fever cases: one being
complicated by encephalitis, the other by septic arthritis of the hip.
The number of complications amongst the 384 non-serum cases
was 97 (25%) whereas the complications amongst the serum cases
Was 45 (19%).