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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Double Infections.
One case was notified upon admission as suffering from concurrent
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough, but the case was
diagnosed as one of Bacteriological Diphtheria only.
Eight cases of Diphtheria developed Scarlet Fever and one
developed Whooping Cough whilst in hospital.
Condition on Admission.
Table XXVIII. shews, with regard to the completed cases
of Diphtheria, the number of patients admitted after a positive
swab result had been obtained, the number of cases in which
antitoxin had been administered before admission, and the day
of disease on which the patients were admitted:—
| Day of Disease | Admitted on swab result | Admitted without swab rsult | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Had Antitoxin | Not had Antitoxin | Had Antitoxin | Not had Antitoxin | ||
| 1st | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 2nd | 4 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 45 |
| 3rd | 1 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 34 |
| 4th | 2 | 6 | — | 6 | 14 |
| 5th | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| 6th | — | 7 | 1 | — . | 8 |
| 7th | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 7 |
| 8th | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 |
| 10 th | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| 13th | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15th | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Unknown | — | 4 | — | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 42 | 6 | 71 | 129 | |
N.B.—Table XXVIII. does not include the 8 cases of
Bacteriological Diphtheria.