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Hendon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The death which occurred during the year was that of
a woman aged 29 years who, having been admitted to Redhill
County Hospital for appendectomy, developed scarlet fever
there and was transferred to this hospital on December 26th,
1936, without the operation having been carried out.
Laparotomy was performed on the day of the patient's admission.
Subsequently, the patient developed streptococcal
septicæmia and died on January 1st, 1937. The case is
accordingly included in the 1937 figures.
DOUBLE INFECTIONS.
Of the scarlet fever patients discharged during the year the following were found on admission to be suffering from dual infection:—
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Measles 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Mumps 1 |
COMPLICATIONS.
The following complications were encountered among the completed cases of scarlet fever:—
| Arthritis | 2 |
| Albuminuria and nephritis | 5 |
| Adenitis | 25 |
| Otitis | 11 |
| Mastoiditis | 8 |
| Rhinitis | 23 |
| Broncho pneumonia | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 1 |
| Streptococcal septicæmia | 1 |
| Carditis | 2 |
| Eczema | 1 |
| Streptococcal dermatitis | 1 |
| Herpes of mouth | 1 |
| Various septic conditions | 4 |
| Burns (present on admission) | 1 |
| Vulvo-vaginitis | 3 |
| Foreign bodies in nose and ear | 1 |
| Scarlatinal relapse | 7 |