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THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL
The number of cases received during the
year was 458. Of these, 161 belonged to this
district, and the remaining 297 belonged to other
districts, as follows:—
Edmonton 183
Wood Green 78
Cheshunt 16
East Finchley 8
Friern Barnet 7
Waltham Holy Cross 5
Of the 458 cases received, 278 were cases of
scarlatina, 144 of diphtheria, and 27 of enteric
fever. There were 9 other cases, of which 2 were
fatal cases of measles, dying on the sixth day, in
which there had probably been a scarlatiniform
"prodromal" rash, as it is called: 1 of these was
also suffering from heart disease. A third case
was 1 of German measles, and the rest were
1 each of nephritis, pneumonia, meningitis,
general tuberculosis, influenza, and myoma of
the uterus.
Of the 278 cases of scarlatina, 274 recovered
and 4 died, a case-mortality of 1.4 per cent. One
of these was on the point of discharge and died
of croup and bronchitis. Many of these cases
were severe and complicated with nephritis,
otorrhœa, and rhinorrhoea, etc. The average
number of days in hospital was 50'2
Of the 144 cases of diphtheria, nearly all
having the specific bacillus as shown by bacteriological
examination, 136 recovered and 8 died: