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The outstanding feature of the work in the hospital during the
year has been the gradual decline, and towards the end of the
year, the virtual elimination of diphtheria.
Scarlet Fever is almost invariably mild on admission and the
control which the sulpha drugs and penicillin can exert on the
complications make them now-a-days of little importance.
The need for cubicle accommodation becomes ever more
pressing.
Amongst the more interesting cases treated during the year
were the following:—
(a) A patient admitted for whooping cough with meningitis.
The corrected diagnosis was whooping cough and cerebral
haemorrhage due to the violence of the cough. Recovery was
complete.
(b) A female adult two days after admission coughed up a
three inch long membrane of the trachea. Recovery was
complete.
SEX AND AGE AT DEATH
Twenty-four deaths occurred, details of which are given
below:—
5 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Females aged 19, 21, 23, 27
and 32 years.
5 Faucial Diphtheria 3 males aged 5, 4½ and 11 years.
2 females aged 5 and 28 years.
2 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis Female, aged 17 years.
Male, aged 6 years.
1 Tuberculous Meningitis Male, aged 4 years.
1 Primary Bronchopneumonia
Male, aged 4 months.