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plicated recoveries. The. 7 cases in whom the diagnosis was
altered were suffering from the following complaints:—
Lobar Pneumonia 2 Broncho-pneumonia 1 Pharyngitis 1
Influenza 2 Tonsillitis 1
Tuberculous Meningitis.
The patient who died from this disease had been admitted in
(he previous year, when he was immediately transferred to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital for streptomycin treatment. This treatment
was unsuccessful, and he was readmitted to the Isolation
Hospital in the terminal stage of the disease.
Erysipelas.
The diagnosis was confirmed in 12 of theJ4 cases admitted;
the remaining 2 cases being re-diagnosed as dermatitis and sunburn
respectively. This compares with 7 cases in the previous
rear. Conjunctivitis was present in 2 cases and 1 patient suffered
a relapse. Otherwise recoveries were uneventful.
Chicken Pox.
The diagnosis of chicken-pox was confirmed in 10 of (lie 13
admissions shown in the main table. One case admitted as
scarlet fever was re-diagnosed as chicken-pox, while chicken-pox
was present as a second infection in 11 .scarlet fever and 1 measles
patients. There were no complications. Three cases admitted
as chicken-pox were diagnosed respectively as impetigo, papular
urticaria and otitis media wiili a septic rash.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The diagnosis was confirmed in all (i cases as compared with
only one case treated in the previous year. All made complete
recoveries.
Paratyphoid.
Of the two cases admitted one was re-diagnosed as suffering
from sinusitis. The other case was confirmed as paratyphoid B.
The disease ran a typical typhoid course.
Dysentery.
The two cases admitted as dysentery were re-diagnosed as
gastro-enteritis and ulcerative colitis respectively, while two other
patients admitted as suffering from gastro-enteritis were found to
have Sonne dysentery.
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