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Complications:
The following complications were encountered among the
187 cases of scarlet fever completed during 1946:—
Nephritis 2
Adenitis 10
Otitis media 9
Mastoiditis 2
Rhinitis 9
Rheumatism 2
Septic spots 11
Ringworm 1
Herpes 1
Conjunctivitis 1
Bronchitis 1
Myocarditis 1
MEASLES:
116 patients with a diagnosis of measles were admitted.
One patient—an infant from the Harrow Urban District—
died, on the 3rd day of treatment, of measles complicated by
extensive broncho-pneumonia. The remainder recovered and
were discharged during the year or early in 1947. Six cases
of measles were found among patients notified as suffering
from other conditions. In all, 105 confirmed cases of measles,
and 3 of measles combined on admission with whooping cough,
were discharged, the average stay of the completed cases
being 20.2 days. Complications included 11 cases of bronchopneumonia,
5 of bronchitis, 3 of otitis media, 28 of rhinitis,
2 of adenitis, and one case suffering from ? appendicitis which
was transferred to Redhill County Hospital for further
investigation.
WHOOPING COUGH:
50 cases of whooping cough, or whooping cough in conjunction
with other conditions were admitted during 1946.
All recovered and were discharged during the year, the
average stay in hospital being 36.2 days. In 45 instances
the diagnosis of whooping cough was confirmed, and there
were, in addition, five cases of dual infection—two of whooping
cough and scarlet fever and three of whooping cough and
measles,