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Southall-Norwood 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table No. 55.
| Age | 0-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 37 | 122 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
The disease on the whole was fairly mild.
Eight were return cases, i.e., cases admitted from a household within
28 days of the return of a case of scarlet fever to that household. This gives
a return case rate of 4.4. per cent., which is fairly low.
The complications noted were as follows:
Table No . 56.
| Cervical adenitis | 24 |
| Nasal discharge | 4 |
| Ear discharge | 15 |
| Albuminuria | 1 |
| Acute nephritis | 3 |
| Rheumatism | 2 |
| Septic fingers | 4 |
| Quinsy | 1 |
| Various | 4 |
| There were no deaths from scarlet fever. |
Two minor operations were performed, one abscess in the neck, and
one for a whitlow.
There was one definite case of cross infection during the year and one
case 18 days after admission developed tonsillitis. The germ of diphtheria was
found in his throat and he was treated as a double infection. The definite case
was that of a child who developed mumps after being in contact with the
mumps case mentioned below. A home contact of a case of whooping cough
was treated with prophylactic vaccine.
Mixed Infections.
Four of the scarlet fever cases on admission were found to be suffering
in addition from another disease, one from measles, one from chicken pox, and
two from diphtheria.
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