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Barnes 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. Table 33.—Admissions and Deaths.
| Residents | Nonresidents | Non-civilians. | TOTALS. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admit ted. | Died. | Admit ted. | Died. | Admit ted. | Died. | Admit ted. | Died. | |||
| Diphtheria | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | — | 5 | - | ||
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Diphtheria carrier Tonsillitis. | Sent in as Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | |
| 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |||
| Bronchial Catarrh | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | — | ||
| Measles | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Pharyngitis Urticaria | Sent in as Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |||
| Food rash | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Measles | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | — | ||
| Measles and Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Measles and Broncho-pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | ||
| Whooping Cough | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | — | ||
| Broncho-pneumonia | Sent in as Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |
| No appreciable disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | — | ||
| Paratyphoid "B" | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Dysentery Sonne | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | l5 | — | ||
| Colitis 1 | Sent in as Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | |
| Gastro-enteritis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Gastro-enteritis | 4 | 1 | — | — | - | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Influenza | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | — | ||
| Mumps | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Herpes Zosta | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| Tonsillitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Totals | 113 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 114 | 1 | ||
Death.
The one death which occurred during the year was that of a child
aged four months who died 12 hours after admission from acute enteritis.
Cause of death was confirmed by a post-mortem examination. The child
had been artificially fed on dried milk.
Cross Infection.
A child admitted with scarlet fever was at the time of admission
incubating mumps and gave rise to one secondary case in the ward.
Complications.
(1) Diphtheria.
Otorrhoea, 1.
Broncho-pneumonia, 1.
(2) Scarlet Fever.
Otorrhoea, 2.
Cervicle advenitis, 1.
Nephritis, 1.
Vulval vaginitis, 1.
(3) Measles.
Broncho-pneumonia, 1.
(4) Whooping Cough.
Broncho-pneumonia, 2.
Otorrhoea, 1.
(5) Influenza.
Broncho-pneumonia, 1.