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The clinical types in which the diagnosis was substantiated were as follows :—
Tonsillar (Faucial) 17
Naso-pharyngeal 1
“Bacteriological” 3
Nasal 1
The complications recorded were as follows :—
Cardiac irregularity 3
Palatal paralysis 1
Other Diseases.
Nineteen cases admitted as scarlatina or diphtheria were subsequently diagnosed
as suffering from other diseases. These were as follows :—
Diseases notified as scarlatina : *Measles, 1 ; puerperal rash, 1 ; babies admitted
with mothers, 2.
Diseases notified as diphtheria : Tonsilitis, 7 ; Vincents angina, 0, streptococcal
throats, 2 ; tonsillitis and bronchitis, 1 ; laryngitis, 1 ; urticaria and
intertrigo, 1 ; wool rash, 1 ; food rash, 1 ; seborrhoea, 1.
* Included in Measles Return.
Stay in Hospital.
The average stay in hospital was as follows :—
Scarlatina : All cases (96) 31.2 days.
Patients remaining over 56 days (1) 67.0 „
Patients remaining under 56 days (95) 30.9 „
Note : Carried forward from 1944 : 14 patients 349 „
Diphtheria : All cases (20) 49.5 „
Patients remaining over 56 days (7) 61.5 „
Patients remaining under 56 days (13) 43.1 „
Note : Carried forward from 1944 : 1 patient 12 „
Measles : (22).
Patients remaining over 56 days (1) 87 .0 „
Patients remaining under 56 days (21) 23.0 „
Note : Carried forward from 1944 : 4 patients 45.0 „
Other diseases : All cases (36) 22.1 „
Patients remaining under 56 days — „
Note : Carried forward from 1944 : 3 patients 19 „
Laboratory Work.
The laboratory work for the hospital was done by the Emergency Laboratory, Ealing,
and is included in the figures given in Table A, page 8.