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Hendon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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LARYNGEAL CASES.
Apart from the case mentioned above, there were two
further cases suffering on admission from laryngeal obstruction
due to diphtheria. Both patients recovered following the
application of intra-tracheal suction.
CONDITION ON ADMISSION.
Table XXV. shows with regard to the completed cases of
true diphtheria, the number of eases in which antitoxin had
been administered before removal to hospital, the day of
disease on which patients were admitted, and whether or not a
positive swab had been obtained before admission.
| Day of Disease | Admitted with + swab result | Admitted without swab result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Had Antitoxin | Not had Antitoxin | Had Antitoxin | Not had Antitoxin | |
| 1st | - | - | - | 3 |
| 2nd | - | 7 | 1 | 28 |
| 3rd | 5 | 10 | l | 8 |
| 4th | — | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 5th | 3 | 13 | — | 4 |
| 6th | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 7th | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8th | 2 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 9th | — | 2 | — | — |
| 11th | — | 1 | — | — |
| Unknown | 1 | 12 | — | — |
| Totals | 13 | 65 | 5 | 50 |