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9
THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The number of cases admitted was as follows :
Scarlatina 400
Diphtheria 76
Enteric Fever 37
Other diseases 9
Total 522
Six of the 400 cases of Scarlatina were fatal,
giving a mortality percentage of 1.5 per cent.
But one of these cases only lived 2 hours after
removal to hospital and deducting this, as is
usual, the percentage was 1.25. The average
number of days in hospital was 51.7.
There were three deaths among the 76
diphtheria cases, or 3.94 per cent. The average
number of days in hospital was 23.7.
There were 4 deaths of enteric patients, or
10.8 per cent., but one of these was only in
hospital 12 hours, and without it the percentage
was 8.1. The average number of days in hospital
was 35.7.
The other cases were tuberculosis, cellulitis
(died), otorrhœa, abscess of cavernous sinus (died),
dyspepsia, measles, pneumonia, septic laryngitis
(died), and 2 convalescent, probably from influenza.
Of the 522 cases, 207 were from Enfield, 257
from Edmonton, 23 from Wood Green, 14 from
Waltham Abbey (Holy Cross), 13 from Friern
Barnet, and 8 from Cheshunt.