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East Ham 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Cases with Concomitant Disease.
Scarlet Fever and Mumps 2
Scarlet Fever and Impetigo 3
Scarlet Fever and Scabies 8
Scarlet Fever and Excema 1
Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox 3
For the eighth successive year there were no deaths.
Complieatlong.
Tonsilliti s 13
Septic fingers, spots, etc 14
Rhinitis 4
Abscesses 3
Adenitis 6
Otitis Media 5
Mastoiditis 3
Tachycardia 2
Oedema of feet and hands 1
Nephritis 1
Endocarditis 1
Reinfection 1
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Serum Complications.
There were six cases of Serum Urticaria.
Treatment.
No. of cases receiving Sulphonamide alone 72
No. of cases receiving Serum alone 18
No. of eases receiving Sulphonamxdo & Serum. 70
No. of oases receiving no specific treatment 5
Total: 165
whooping cough.
Number of notified Cases 18
Revision of Diagnosis 4
Otitis Media 1
Measles Infection 2
No evidence of Disease 1
Final number of Whooping Cough cases 14
Of these 14 cases
Uncomplicated Whooping Cough cases 6
Whooping Cough with Scabies 1
Whooping Cough with Broncho Pneumonia 7
There were no deaths. Specific Treatment consisted
of Sulphapjridi.no by mouth and Pertussis Antigen
intramuscuxarly.
MEASLES.
Number of Notified Cases 20
Revision of I/iagnosis 4
Bronchitis 1
S oab i e s 1
No evidence of infectious disease 2
Other notified cases proved to be suffering
from measles 4
Final number of Measles cases 20
Of these
Measles and Scabies 1
Measles and Broncho Pneumonia 6
Measles and Marasmus 1
Uncomplicated Measles 12
There was one death in the case of the child suffering
from Marasmus, whose condition was further complicated
by congenital hydrocephalus.
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