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Barnes 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.

Table 33.—Admissions and Deaths.

ResidentsNonresidentsNon-civilians.TOTALS.
Admitted.t- Died.Admit ted.Died.Admit ted.Died.Admit ted.Died.
Diphtheria812101
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever1-----1
Diphtheria carrierSent in as ' Diphtheria1-----1-
Vincent's Angina2-----2
Tonsillitis718
Quinsy11
Influenza1-----1
Bronchitis1-----1
Tumour of tonsil1-----1
Non-specific enteritis1-----1
No appreciable disease1-----1
Scarlet Fever34-----34
MeaslesSent in as1-----1
RubellaScarlet Fever2-----2
Scarlet Fever and Chickenpox2-----2
Measles171119
Measles and Broncho-pneumonia3-----3
Rubella--11
UrticariaSent in asMeasles1-----1-
Conjunctivitis1-----1
Rubella-11
Whooping Cough2-----2
Whooping Cough and Bronchopneumonia1-----1-
Chickenpox1-----1
Erysipelas1-----1
Influenzal Pneumonia1-----1
Broncho-pneumonia3-----3-
BronchitisSent in as Pneumonia3-----3
Enteritis112
Dysentery Sonne4-37
Enteritis3-----3
Non-specific Ulcera tive ColitisSent in as Dysentery1---2-3-
Suspected Poliomyelitis1-----1
Tubercular MeningitisSent as in Cerebrospinal Meningitis11111
Influenzal Meningitis11-11
Acidosis1-----1
Laryngitis, Catarrhal1-----1
TonsillitisSent in as Mumps-11
No appreciable disease1-----1
Totals11232131273

General.
During 1945, 12 patients suffering from diphtheria were treated in
the hospital. The incidence was once again considerably more marked
among adolescents and adults than among children and the older persons
who contracted the disease were severely affected.