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East Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Rhinorrhoea 11
Rheumatism 3
Nephritis 2
Bronchitis 1
The following table gives particulars of the chief diseases and conditions associated with Scarlet Fever, which were present in the patients admitted during- the year :—
| Measles | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 6 |
| Scabies | 1 |
| Septic wounds | 2 |
| Impetigo | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 3 |
| Conjunctivitis | 1 |
| Keratitis | 1 |
| Urticaria | 1 |
Diphtheria.
Excluding the 32 cases remaining in the hospital at the end of
the year, 192 completed cases of Diphtheria were treated during the
year 1925, and of this number six died. This equals a case
mortality of 3.12 per cent. as compared with a rate of 3.57 per
cent. in the year 1924. Of the six patients who died, one was
suffering from the hæmorrhagic type of the disease, one was a
cretin, one died within 12 hours of admission, in one the disease
was complicated by Measles and Whooping Cough, whilst the
remaining two children had been ill for several days prior to admission,
and antitoxic serum treatment was carried out too late to
prove successful.
Included in the total number of patients admitted are 17 cases
in which the disease was of the laryngeal type.
The chief complications which occurred in the 257 cases under
treatment during the year were as follows :—
Paralysis 10
Cervical Adenitis 13
Otorrhoea 7
Broncho-pneumonia 4
Myocarditis 6