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Diphtheria.
Eighty-six cases of diphtheria were admitted to the hospital. The
clinical types were as follows:-
Faucial 55
Nasal 11
Laryngeal 3
Faucial & nasal 7
Faucial & laryngeal 1
Faucial, nasal & laryngeal 1
Bacteriological 8
One of these cases required tracheotomy.
The following table, No. 40, shows the incidence of the disease in age
groups:—

The relatively high proportion between ages 5-15 is due to the outbreak
of the disease which occurred at North Road school in the early autumn.
On the whole the type of the disease was fairly mild.
The complications recorded were as follows:—
Table No. 41.
Paralyses: Palate 8
Eye 2
Heart involvement 10
Cervical adenitis 9
Tonsillitis 13
Albuminuria 22
Meningismus 1
Septic fingers 2
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