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Venereal Diseases.
The Middlesex County Council is the authority under the Public Health (Venereal
Disease) Regulations, for the treatment of Venereal Disease in the County.
REPORT ON THE BOROUGH ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
During the year 174 patients were admitted to the Isolation Hospital, as compared
with 184 in 1944. Of these, 104 were sent in as scarlatina, 31 as diphtheria, 21 as measles,
6 as impetigo and scabies, 1 as whooping cough, 1 as gingivitis, 2 as dysentery, 5 as mumps,
2 as chicken-pox, and 1 as rubella. Of the cases sent in as scarlatina, 8 were unconfirmed
and were diagnosed as suffering from other diseases. Similarly, of the cases sent in as
diphtheria or suspected diphtheria, 9 were unconfirmed.
(Tables No. XXX and XXXI show the figures for the year and for each month,
respectively.)
Scarlatina.
Of the 104 cases notified as scarlatina, 96 were finally diagnosed, and the following
table shows the incidence in age groups of the 96 cases which were nursed in the hospital:—

Two minor operations were performed for incision of abscesses of upper arm and
cervical.
One case of scarlatina developed mumps 25 days after admission—no secondary
case occurred. One case was admitted suffering from bronchitis in addition, and 2 cases
were found to be suffering from nephritis also.

Diphtheria.
Thirty-one cases notified as diphtheria were admitted to the hospital. 20 of these
were confirmed as diphtheria.
The following table shows the incidence of the cases in age groups :—