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REPORT ON THE BOROUGH ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
During the year 146 patients were admitted to the Isolation Hospital as compared
with 126 in 1941. Of these, 94 were sent in as scarlatina (56 in 1941) and 24 as diphtheria
(59 in 1941), 3 as measles, and 3 as scabies, 2 as rubella, 14 as chickenpox and 6 as mumps.
Of the cases sent in as scarlatina, 5 were unconfirmed. Similarly, of the cases sent in as
diphtheria or suspected diphtheria, 5 were unconfirmed.
For details of cases during the year, and dealt with each month of the year, see
Appendix, Tables XXX and XXXI.
Scarlatina.
Of the 94 cases admitted 90 were finally diagnosed, and the following table shows
the incidence in age groups of the 90 cases of scarlatina which were nursed at the hospital:—

Two minor operations were performed, one for abscess of ankle and one for removal
of toe-nail.
One case of scarlatina was on admission incubating mumps. This gave rise to 2
cases of secondary infection.
Complications of the cases of scarlatina were :—
Cervical adenitis 1 Septic rashes 2
Rhinitis 3 Septic finger and toes 3
Nephritis 1 Rheumatism 1
Secondary attacks 2 Bronchitis 1
Cellulitis 1 Cardiac irregularity 7
Diphtheria.
Twenty-four cases notified as diphtheria were admitted to the hospital. Nineteen
of these were confirmed as diphtheria.
The following table shows the incidence of the cases in age groups:—

The clinical types in which the diagnosis was substantiated were as follows:—
Tonsillor (Faucial) 12
Naso-pharyngeal 4
" Bacteriological" 3
Four of the cases were severe.
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