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One of the fourteen completed cases was fount] to be suffering
from adenitis of neck. In the remaining thirteen cases the diagnosis
was confirmed, and as one other case (notified as Scarlet Fever
and Erysipelas) was found to have Erysipelas only, the total
number of completed cases of Erysipelas was 14. The average
stay in hospital of these patients was 16.3 days—6 days less than
the average for the previous year.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Twelve cases notified as Whooping Cough were admitted
during the year; one of these was found to be suffering from
Bronchial Catarrh. Of the eleven cases in which the diagnosis
was confirmed, one died after 4 days in hospital from acute
bronchitis complicating the initial disease, eight were discharged
during the year, and the remaining two patients, who were still
in hospital at December 31st, 1935, have since been discharged.
The average stay in hospital of the eight cases of Whooping
Cough discharged during 1935, was 42.4 days.
MEASLES.
Six cases were admitted; all recovered and were discharged
during the year, the diagnosis being confirmed in each case.
The average stay in hospital was 19.6 days.
GERMAN MEASLES.
Two cases of this disease were admitted during the year.
Both recovered and were discharged, one after 5 days', and the
other after 12 days' treatment.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Four cases were admitted, notified as Typhoid or Paratyphoid
Fever. Three of these were discharged during 1935; the first,
diagnosed as Gastro-Intestinal Influenza returned home after 22
days' detention, the second, found to be a case of Tubercular
Peritonitis, was transferred to Redhill Hospital after 6 days'
treatment, and the third case, in which the diagnosis was
Paratyphoid Fever, was discharged after 50 days in hospital.