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VINCENT'S ANGINA.
Three cases of this infection were notified during .the year
and a further four eases were found among those notified as
diphtheria and " observation." All 7 were discharged during
the year after an average stay of 19 days.
MUMPS.
Pour cases notified as mumps were admitted during the
year. One of these was found to be suffering from suppurative
adenitis and was discharged after 19 days. The remaining
three all had mumps on admission and were discharged
after 16, 23, and 57 days respectively, the last-mentioned
period of detention being prolonged because the patient, before
admission, had sustained a severe cut by a fall on broken glass.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Two cases notified as whooping cough were in hospital
at the beginning of 1937 and 16 more were admitted during
the year. Three of these patients died and the remaining 15
were discharged.
Of the deaths, one was due to whooping cough and convulsions,
another to whooping cough and broncho pneumonia,
while the third death was due to broncho pneumonia and
convulsions, the diagnosis of whooping cough in this instance
not being confirmed. All three (two of whom were from the
Harrow District) were desperately ill on admission, and all
were very young children, the eldest being 2½ years.
Another death, due to whooping cough and marasmus,
occurred among the patients admitted for observation. This
patient was a baby, aged 5 months, who was very weak on
admission and who later developed streptococcal pneumonia.
Of the 15 discharges, 14 had been suffering from whooping
cough and one from bronchial catarrh.
Complications encountered among whooping cough cases
were:—