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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Name.Age on Admission.Condition on Admission.Subsequent Progress.Time of Death after admission.
B.r.(f)4 11/12 yrs.Extensive membrane over both tonsils, bull - neck, foetor, cyanosis.Increasing heart failure, with sudden collapse next day.26 hrs.
A.H.(m)8 yrs.Extensive membrane over whole pharynx, glands of neck ttSigns of heart failure present on admission, rapidly increased, death ensued.6 hrs.
D.B.(m)10 yrs.Extensive membrane over both tonsils, bull - neck, foetor, toxaemia ††Showed signs of heart failure on admission which increased, tendency to bleeding from nose and mouth.4 days.
B.c.(f)8 yrs.Sloughing membrane over both tonsils, glands of neck, colour poor, v. toxic.Showed signs of heart failure on admission, became very restless, and died from heart failure.3 days.
A.D.(m)7½ yrs.Extensive membrane with oedema of pharynx, glands of neck ttMarked signs of heart failure on admission, died suddenly from this.1 day.
L.B.(m)9 1/12 yrs.Sloughing membrane over both tonsils, glands of neck tt, foetor, rhinorrhoea.Toxic on admission, constant vomiting, increasing heart failure, with restlessness, died from this.11 days.
M.D.(f)6 10/12 yrs.Extensive sloughing membrane over tonsils, glands of neck, rhinorrhoea, cyanosis.Developed signs of heart failure with vomiting day after admission, this increased and proved fatal.11 days.
E.H.(m)3 11/12 yrs.Sloughing membrane over both tonsils, profuse rhinorrhoea, glands of neck ttShowed signs of heart failure on admission with restlessness: heart rate dropped to 40 per minute, died from this.5 days