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Condition on Admission.
Table XXVI. shows, 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 :—
TABLE XXVI.
Day of
Disease
Admitted on a
Had
Antitoxin
+ swab result
Not had
Antitoxin
Admitted without swab result
Had Not had
Antitoxin Antitoxin
1st
-
-
-
2
2nd
-
-
1
12
3rd
-
6
1
5
4th
-
2
—
5
5th
1
2
—
2
6th
-
1
—
2
7th
1
—
—
—
10th
-
1
—
1
13th
-
1
—
-
14th
-
—
—
1
Unknown
-
2
—
3
2
15
2
33
N.B.—Table XXVI. does not include the 2 cases of
Bacteriological Diphtheria.
Complications.
The following are the complications encountered among
the completed cases of Diphtheria
Palatal, Pharyngeal, and Intestinal Paresis 1
Strabismus 1
Otitis 1
Mastoiditis 2
Broncho-Pneumonia 1