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Hendon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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105
WHOOPING COUGH.
26 cases notified as suffering from whooping cough were
admitted during 1938. There were two deaths and 20 discharges
during the year, the remaining four patients being
discharged during the early part of 1939. One of the cases
which died was a rachitic infant suffering from whooping
cough and bronchitis, while the other, also an infant, was
suffering from whooping cough complicated by extensive
broncho pneumonia. In 15 of the 20 discharged cases the
diagnosis of whooping cough was confirmed. The average
stay in hospital of these patients (three of whom received
oxygen tent treatment) was 37.8 days.
Complications among the completed cases of whooping
cough were:—
Broncho pneumonia 6
Bronchitis 2
Marasmus 1
Scabies (present on admission) 1
CHICKEN POX.
Five cases of this disease were admitted during the year,
two of them being out-district patients. All recovered and
were discharged after an average stay in hospital of 19.4 days.
MENINGITIS.

Table: Four cases (two of them out-district) were notified during the year, the final diagnosis and case result in respect of these being:—

Four cases (two of them out-district) were notified during the year, the final diagnosis and case result in respect of these being:—

Case No.Disease diagnosed.Case result.
1MeningismusDischarged after 36 days.
2Meningo - encephalitisDischarged after 13 days.
3Mengingococcal MeningitisTransferred to a general hospital on 9th day.
4Tubercular MeningitisDied on 10th day.