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Southall 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table No. 47.
| Number admitted. Final diagnosis | Number discharged | Deaths | Transfers | Readmissions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sc. F. | Diph. | Others | Sc. F. | Diph. | Others | Diph. | Others | Diph. | S,.F. | Diph. | Sc. F. | |
| January | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February | 8 | - | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| March | 22 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| April | 8 | 2 | - | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May | 10 | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| June | 15 | - | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July | 11 | 2 | 1 | 16 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| August | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| September | 5 | 1 | - | 13 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| October | 4 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December | 6 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 112 | 9 | 17 | 124 | 11 | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
Scarlatina.
Table No. 48.
| Age (years) | 0-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 73 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
The disease on the whole was fairly mild.
Three were return cases, i.e., cases admitted from a household within 28 days of
the return of a case of scarlatina to that household. No case was severe.
Two minor operations were performed, one for a large boil and one for a submental
abscess.
Four cases of scarlatina were admitted incubating other diseases; one patient
developed pertussis 43 days after admission; one developed varicella 10 days after
admission; and one mumps 13 days after admission. The pertussis case and the
varicella case each gave rise to one secondary infection.
Mixed Infections.
Three of the scarlatina cases on admission were found to be suffering from an
additional infection; one from bronchitis, one from varicella, and one from pharyngitis.
The use of prontosil alba was continued for alternate cases, and the table below
indicates the complication experienced in the 112 patients.
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