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104
Nephritis 1
Broncho-pneumonia 9
Bronchitis 3
Otitis 7
Mastoiditis 15
Adenitis 2
Rhinitis 1
Sterno-mastoid abscess 1
Various septic conditions 3
Scabies 1
MEASLES AND MENINGITIS.
One case which was admitted suffering from measles and
meningitis made a satisfactory recovery and was discharged
after 18 days.
VINCENT'S ANGINA.
One case of Vincent's angina and concurrent drug
dermatitis was in hospital at the commencement of the year.
Another case notified as suffering from this disease was
admitted but in this instance the patient's condition was
diagnosed as one of ulcerated mouth. Four cases of Vincent's
angina were found in patients who had been sent into hospital
with a notification of diphtheria, and a woman admitted as a
? Typhoid fever proved to be a further case of this malady.
All the above patients recovered satisfactorily and were
discharged during the year, the average stay in hospital in
respect of the six cases of Vincent's angina being 17.1 days.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
Four patients suffering from this disease were admitted
during the year, two of them being out-district cases. One
patient was discharged after 10 days to receive further treatment
at the Harrow Orthopaedic Clinic, another case was discharged
after 28 days, treatment being continued at home,
while the remaining two cases, in which the degree of
paralysis was more serious, were transferred to the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital after 82 days and 75 days
respectively.