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PneuDonia:-31 of the 38 patients were admitted in the months of
January, February, March and December. 23 of the patients were
over 60 years, 8 patients between 15 and 60, 2 between 5 and 15
and 5 under 5 years. The great majority had some underlying or
co-existing illness. They occurred as follows:-Chronic Bronchitis
and emphysema - 11, myocardiac degeneration-7, cardiac
failure-4, valvular heart disease-2, Hypertension-2 and
one case each of lobar collapse, mitral stenosis, pulmonary
oedema, asthma, arterio-sclerosis, mental confusion, glaucoma,
prostatic obstruction, gastro-enteritis and arthritis.
Chicken-Pox:-A high proportion of chicken.pox admissions were
due to complicating or co-existing illnesses, the majority being
transferred from other hospitals. These illnesses were as
follows:- Measles-2, convulsions-2 and one case each of
Pneumonia, tonsillitis, bronchitis, otitis media, skin sepsis,
tonsillectomy, epistaxis, diabetes, urticaria, appendicectomy,
osteomyelitis, encephalopathy, fracture and Perthes disease.
Scarlet Fever:- All patients were children, 18 being of school
age and 9 under school age. Of the total of 27 cases, 14 occurred
in January and March. Complications were present as follows:2
cases each of otitis media and secondary sore throat, and one
case each of tonsillitis, rhinitis, bronchitis, paronychia, and
herpes simplex.
Measles:- the disease was not epidemic and most of the few cases
admitted were in the last quarter. The only complications were
pneumonia-2 cases and one case each of epistaxis and laryngitis.
Glandular Fever:- This illness was confined to patients between
the ages of 10 and 25 years. One glandular fever patient developed
abacterial Meningo-encephalitis due presumably to the
glandular fever virus.
Infective Hepatitis:- The 12 cases admitted were aged from 12 to
® years. Complications were relapse in the severity of jaundice
2. epistaxis-1 and petechiae-1. The two severest cases
were Siven a course of prednisolene which appeared to help. Two
Patients were in hospital for more than two months.