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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The following complications were observed among the cases:—
| Palatal paresis | 11 |
| Pharyngeal paresis | 1 |
| Ocular paresis | 4 |
| Facial paresis | 1 |
| Neck paresis | 1 |
| Rectus paresis | 1 |
| Vagus paresis | 1 |
| Cardiac involvement | 8 |
| Myocardial degeneration | 2 |
| Cervical adenitis | 5 |
| Cervical gland abscess | 1 |
| Rhinorrhoea | 1 |
| Otorrhoea | 4 |
| Secondary tonsillitis | 2 |
| Nephritis | 2 |
| Vaginal discharge | 1 |
There were nine cases of laryngeal diphtheria. Two required
tracheotomy, and of these one died and one recovered.