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The complications observed in the course of the disease were
as follows:—
Rhinorrhoea 149
Post-nasal discharge 7
Cervical adenitis 54
Cervical gland abscess 3
Otorrhoea 58
Otitis media 6
Meningitis 2
Nephritis and albuminuria 22
Arthritis 5
Relapse 15
Cardiac affections 5
Ethmoiditis 1
Abscess (chin) 1
Furunculosis 2
Conjunctivitis 1
Pleurisy and pneumonia 1
Secondary tonsillitis 3
Quinsy 4
Septic fingers 6
During the year the Consulting Oto-Laryngologist, Dr. Dan
McKenzie, made 26 visits to the hospital. He performed mastoid
operations on 11 patients, four of these having both mastoids
affected. Dr. McKenzie also performed the following minor
operations:—
Lumbar puncture 5
Abscess incision 2
Wilde's incision 1
The following minor operations were performed by the medical
attendant on scarlet fever cases:—
Cervical gland abscess incised 3
Abscess (chin) incised 1
Cross-Infection.—In the North Block one case of measles
cross-infected eleven others. In the South Block one case of
whooping cough cross-infected four others; one case of measles
cross-infected nine others; and one case of chickenpox cross-infected