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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
Leyton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE B.
| 1935. | Renal. | Diphtheria. | Otitis Media. | Cervical and other adenitis. | Rhinitis. | Arthritis. | Bronchitis. | Quinsey- | Secondary Tonsil-itis. | Cardiac. | Conjunctivitis, Blepharitis and Styes. | Varicella. | Mastoid. | Vaginitis. | Purpura | All cases admitted Average period in hospital. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephritis. | Albuminuria. | |||||||||||||||||
| Initial. | Late. | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan-March | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 38.23 |
| April-June | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 35.57 |
| July-August | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.90 |
| Sept-Nov. | 4 | — | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 34.89 |
| December | — | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | — | . — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 41.24 |
| Totals | 6 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 52 1 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Note.—The normal length of stay in hospital of a case admitted at the commencement of scarlet fever is 28 days. Some cases were
admitted in the later stages of desquamation and, provided there were no complications, had correspondingly shorter periods
in hospital.