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Sanitary Administration of the District.
Amongst the patients treated the following complications
were recorded
Rhinitis 7
Otitis 5
Albuminuria 4
Rheumatism 2
Measles 6
Chicken-pox 3
Herpes Zoster 1
Only one death occurred from scarlet fever during
the year. The average period of residence in the hospital
was 40 days. Four "return" cases occurred.
These have been recorded in dealing with scarlet fever
elsewhere in the Report.
Diphtheria.—The number of cases admitted as diph
theria was 68, ten of which were found not to be suffering
from the disease. Fourteen of the cases were admitted
from the Chiswick Urban District.
The ages of the patients were as follows:—
Age
No.
0-1
yrs.
1
1-5
yrs.
23
5-15
yrs.
33
15-25
yrs.
5
25-35
yrs.
1
35-45
yrs.
2
45-50
yrs.
3
Tracheotomy was performed in three cases. Ten
other cases suffered from complications, six from
albuminuria and four from paralysis of the palate.
Five deaths occurred. The average duration of residence
in hospital was 24 days.
The other cases of infectious disease treated in the
Isolation Hospital call for little comment. They consisted
of two cases of typhoid fever, one of para-typhoid
fever, one of erysipelas, one of cellulitis, three of