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Southgate 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Tubercular meningitis 1
(Southgate patient, aged 18 years)
Myocardial degeneration 1
(Southgate patient, aged 63 years)
(admitted to hospital suffering
from erysipelas)
Ulcerative endocarditis, septic tonsils,
and diphtheria 1
(Tottenham patient, aged 2 years)
These 10 fatal cases give a mortality rate of
1.71% of the total cases treated.
OPERATIONS - Eleven operations for the removal of
tonsils and adenoids were performed at the Isolation
Hospital during 1943.
NUMBERS IN HOSPITAL - The daily average of patients
treated in hospital during each month of 1943 was
as follows:
January 43.61 July 32.48
February 44.82 August 33.16
March 43.83 Sept ember 35.6
April 47.3 October 46.0
May 32.71 November 50.93
June 30.46 December 52.84
Daily average for the year 1943 41.14
" " " " " 1942 32.92
The highest and lowest numbers of patients in
hospital on any one day during 1943 were as follows;
Highest (November 27) 63
Lowest (May 31) 25
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