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Five cases suffered from Chickenpox, 1 from Measles, and 4
from Nasal Diphtheria as well as Scarlet Fever.
Enteric Fever.—5 cases were admitted. One gave a positive
Widal Test for B. Typhosus and 4 gave positive Widal Tests for
B. Para-typhoid B. All the patients recovered satisfactorily
without complications.
Pneumonia.—20 patients were admitted, of whom 6 died (aged
3, 21, 27, 30, 39 and 73 years). The following were the types of
infection:—
Pneumococcus—Type II 1
Type III 2 (1 fatal)
Type IV 7 (1 fatal)
No evidence of Pneumococci 1
No bacteriological examinations. 8 (4 fatal)
Haemolytic Streptococci 1
Of the 6 deaths, three occurred within 24 hours of admission,
1 within 6 days, 1 within 9 days, and 1 within 11 days.
The patients were admitted during the following months:—
Jan. 2, Feb. 1, Mar. 2, April 2, May 1, Sept. 3, Oct. 3, Nov. 2,
Dec. 4;
and were in the following age groups:—
Under 1 yr. 1—5. 5—15. 15—25. 25—35. 35—45. Over 45.
1 2 1 3 4 3 6
Consequent on the pressure on the Hospital accommodation,
it was generally not possible to admit cases of Pneumonia.
Puerperal Fever.—2 cases of Puerperal Fever were admitted.
They both made a good recovery after intensive serotherapy.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—7 cases were admitted. They were due
to:—Sapraemia (3 cases), septic lacerations (1 case), puerperal
scarlatina (3 cases)—one of these three cases was complicated by
a recto-vaginal fistula. All made a good recovery.
Diphtheria.—The 167 cases admitted to Hospital were distributed
among the following age groups:—
Under 1 yr. 1—5. 5—15. 15—25. 25—35. 35—45. Over 45.
1 26 99 20 10 7 4