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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
Southgate 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Diphtheria—47.4 days (longest, 98 days—persistent diphtheria
bacilli in throat; shortest, 1 day—died.)
Average duration, 1932—49 days.
Cases Treated in the Cubicle Block during 1933 (including Cases in Hospital on January 1st, 1933):—
| Erysipelas | 31 |
| Erysipelas and Arthritis | 1 |
| Erysipelas and Fracture of Base of Skull | 1 |
| Erysipelas and Cellulitis of leg | 1 |
| Erysipelas and Double Mastoid | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | |
| Baby with Mother | 1 |
| Baby born in Hospital | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 |
| Measles | 3 |
| Measles and Pneumonia | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 |
| Whooping Cough and Pneumonia | 10 |
| Whooping Cough and Bronchitis | 4 |
| Whooping Cough, Pneumonia and Burns | 1 |
| Rubella | 4 |
| Pneumococcal Meningitis | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Diphtheria Carriers | 2 |
| Diphtheria, Eczema of head and Endocarditis | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Specific Arthritis | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever and Measles | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever and Chickenpox | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever and Urticaria | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Rubella | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 |
| Post-Scarlatinal Nephritis and Endocarditis | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 |
| Tonsilitis | 17 |
| Cellulitis of leg | 2 |
| Septicaemia | 1 |
| Simple Laryngeal Croup | 1 |
| Sub-Acute Rheumatism | 2 |
| Influenza | 1 |
| Hilus Tuberculosis | 1 |
| Non-infectious Rashes | 5 |
| Total | 121 |