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Tonsillitis 9, bronchitis 2, bronchial catarrh 2, laryngitis 1,
measles 1, cerebral abscess and meningitis 1, keratitis 1,
scarlet fever 1, stomatitis 1, no apparent disease 3.
Three cases of diphtheria were found on admission to be
suffering also from measles and one also from impetigo.
The incidence of actual cases in age-groups was as follows:—
1-5 yrs. 5-10 yrs. 10-15 yrs. 15-25 yrs. 25-45 yrs. Over 45 yrs.
41 90 47 14 15 3
The following complications were observed among the cases:—
Palatal paresis 12
Pharyngeal paresis 1
Ocular paresis 1
Facial paresis 1
Paresis of legs 1
Right hemiplegia 1
Cardiac involvement 10
Myocardial degeneration 1
Cervical adenitis 3
Rhinorrhoea 3
Otorrhoea 4
There were no cases of laryngeal diphtheria.
Deaths. — There were seven deaths from diphtheria. Two
deaths occurred from other diseases in children admitted with a
diagnosis of diphtheria which was not subsequently confirmed.
One of the latter was found to be suffering from capillary bronchitis
and the other from cerebral abscess and meningitis.
The case mortality in diphtheria patients was 3.5 per cent.