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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
Willesden 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE No. 8.
Table showing the cases wrongly diagnosed and the diseases for which they were mistaken.
| Certified as suffering from | Diagnosed in Hospital as suffering from | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | |
| 6 | ... | ... | Measles |
| 8 | ... | ... | Rothelm |
| 1 | ... | ... | Urticara |
| 1 | ... | ... | Septic Eruption |
| 9 | 6 | ... | Tonsillitis |
| 2 | ... | l | Bronchitis |
| 2 | ... | ... | Gastric Catarrh |
| 1 | ... | ... | Burn |
| 1 | ... | l | Meningitis |
| 2 | ... | ... | Erythema |
| ... | ... | l | Cerebral Haemorrhage |
| ... | 1 | ... | Septicaemia |
| 5 | ... | 1 | Nil |
| ... | ... | l | Melancholia |
| ... | ... | l | Tuberculosis |
| 2 | ... | ... | Glandular Abscess |
| 40 | 7 | 7 | |