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Furunculosis 1 Osteomyelitis 1
Eczema 1 Convulsions 2
Two cases of concurrent scarlet fever, and 3 of measles have
already been included under those headings.
Cases notified as whooping cough and otherwise "diagnosed
were :
Pneumonia 3
Bronchitis 4
Tonsillitis 1
Intestinal Diseases.
(a) Gastroenteritis is still the most serious of infantile diseases.
Of 35 cases, 23 were infants under a year and 4 of them died ;
there were no other deaths.
Age incidence:
0-1 1-2 2 and over
23 5 7 = 35.
One died within 40 minutes of admission; a Coroner's Postmortem
examination confirmed diagnosis. Another succumbed to
the double infection of gastro-enteritis and whooping cough.
Another was recovering from a severe attack when he developed
broncho-pneumonia which precipitated his death.
One infant, of 3 months, with a severe infection had 2 severe
relapses and death seemed imminent. He was transferred to the
M.R.C. Unit in Princess Louise Hospital for a course of streptomycin.
He made a complete recovery.
(b) 6 cases of Sonne dysentery were treated, 3 from Chiswick
and 3 from Ealing. One infant of 9 months developed bronchopneumonia
and died. Post-mortem examination confirmed diagnosis
and showed typical extensive dysenteric ulceration.
Cases notified as typhoid fever were found to be respectively:
coliform pyelonephritis, pelvic sepsis and pneumococcal septicaemia
with cerebral abscess formation.
Erysipelas.—There were 17 cases, all of which recovered
uneventfully.
Chickenpox.—14 cases were treated in hospital, usually
because nursing facilities were not available at home, or because
of concomitant maladies.