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Wimbledon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Isolation Hospital.
| Carried over from 1924 | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Total. | Deaths. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 5 vears. | Under 5 years | Total. | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 31 | 4 | 35 | - | - | - | Daily average number of cases, 39. |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 2 | 11 | - | — | — | |
| Cases Admitted in 1925. | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 115 | 23 | 138 | 1 | — | 1 | Average number of davs in hospital, 47 |
| Diphtheria | 24 | 2 | 26 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | - | — | — | ||
| Scarlet Fever and Chickenpox | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 | - | -__ | - | |
| Diphtheria (Staff) | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | 1 | __ | _ | |||
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 96 | 18 | 114 | - | — | — | Total Kingston cases, 133 |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 7 | 18 | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria and Measles | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Total Treated in 1925 | 292 | 58 | 350 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
304 cases were admitted to the Wimbledon Isolation
Hospital during 1925, making a total of 350 cases under treatment
during the year, 46 cases remaining under treatment from
1924. 171 cases were from Wimbledon, and 133 from Kingston.
Diphtheria :—44 cases were admitted as diphtheria. Of
these causes, 5 proved not to be diphtheria—4 being oases of
follicular tonsillitis, and 1 an abscess of the soft palate. 1 case
Was baeteriiologically positive without clinical signs. A
virulence test proved that the organism was a virulent, and the
patient was discharged. Of the 38 true cases, 22 were mild, 18
moderately severe, and 4 very severe—3, laryngeal. One ease
died on the 9th day after admission of heart failure, giving a
case rate of 2.6 per cent.
Complications:— 60 per cent. of the cases were uncomplicated.
6 oases showed signs of minor paralysis, and 4 had
albuminuria.
Scarlet Fever:252 cases were admitted on the diagnosis
of scarlet fever. 6 were not scarlet fever cases. 3 had also
diphtheria—clinically and bacteriologically. Of the true
38