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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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20.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS.
Of the 723 fever cases which were discharged or died during 1943,
three out-district patients who were transferred to neighbouring hospitals
within 24 hours of admission have been excluded from the Table of final
diagnosis and from all subsequent figures in the report. The final diagnosis
in respect of the remaining 720 completed cases was as follows:-
TABLE XIV
| Discharged | Died | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Diphtheria Carrier | 3 | – | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 520 | – | 520 |
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | 2 | – | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | 2 | – | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | – | 7 |
| Chicken Pox | 4 | – | 4 |
| Measles | 48 | – | 48 |
| Rubella | 9 | – | 9 |
| Rubella and catarrhal jaundice | 1 | – | 1 |
| Mumps | 7 | 7 | |
| Septic parotitis | 1 | 1 | |
| Cervical adenitis | 1 | 1 | |
| ø Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 1 |
| Sunstroke | 1 | – | 1 |
| Anterior poliomyelitis | 1 | – | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | – | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever B. | 1 | 1 | |
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 6 | 6 | |
| Dysentery (b. Morgan) | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 Gastro enteritis | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | – | 13 |
| Allergic rash and eczema following varicose ulcer | 1 | – | 1 |
| Reaction from Diphtheria Immunisation | 2 | 2 | |
| Urticaria | 2 | 2 | |
| Impetigo | 5 | – | 5 |
| Lobar Pneumonia | 2 | – | 2 |
| Broncho Penumonia | 1 | – | 1 |
| Influenza | 3 | – | 3 |
| Acute Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | |
| Vincents Angina | 1 | 1 | |
| Quinsy | 2 | ||
| Tonsillitis | 30 | – | 30 |
| Strept, Rhinorrhoea | 1 | – | 1 |
| Ulcerated stomatitis | 2 | – | |
| Furunculosis (right ear) | 1 | – | 1 |
| Mastoiditis | 1 | 1 | |
| Vulvo-vaginitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cold | 1 | – | 1 |
| Admitted with mother for nursing purposes | 2 | – | 1 |
| 1 N.A.D. | | 1 | – | 1 |
| T0TAL | 717 | 3 | 720 |
* Concurrent infection on admission.
S Wembley District Case,
ø The case of tubercular meningitis shown as discharged was one which
was transferred to Hill End Hospital, St. Alban's and died there
subsequently.