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Barnes 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 31.—Institutional Treatment.
| Admissions during 1940 were as under:— | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis : | |
| To Surrey County Council Sanatorium | 14 |
| ,, Surrey County Hospitals | 12 |
| ,, other sanatoria . . | 4 |
| ,, general hospitals | 8 |
| ,, Public Assistance Institutions | 3 |
| Total | 41 |
| Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis: | |
| To sanatoria | 1 |
| „ Surrey County Hospitals | 3 |
| „ other institutions | 1 |
| Total | 5 |
| Number of patients admitted: | |
| Pulmonary | 33 |
| Non-pulmonary | 4 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. Table 32—Admissions & Deaths
| admissions. | deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 5 | 1* | |
| 1 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 34 | — | |
| — | |||
| — | |||
| — | |||
| — | |||
| — | |||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | — | |
| 1 | — | ||
| Measles | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | — | ||
| Rubella | 3 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | |
| — | |||
| Influenza | 1 | — | |
| 60 | 3* | ||
(*Death from Diphtheria during 1940 of patient admitted during 1939).
Deaths.
(1) Measles, admitted with tuberculous meningitis—died 4th day after
admission.
(2) Cellulitis of Neck, admitted as Diphtheria—tracheotomy performed—
died 6th day after admission.
Complications.
(1) Scarlet Fever—Rheumatism, 2; secondary tonsilitis, 1; rhinorrhœa, 1,
(2) Measles—Otorrhoea, 1,