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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The following complications were observed among the cases:—
Palatal paresis 11
Pharyngeal paresis 1
Ocular paresis 4
Facial paresis 1
Neck paresis 1
Rectus paresis 1
Vagus paresis 1
Cardiac involvement 8
Myocardial degeneration 2
Cervical adenitis 5
Cervical gland abscess 1
Rhinorrhoea 1
Otorrhoea 4
Secondary tonsillitis 2
Nephritis 2
Vaginal discharge 1
There were nine cases of laryngeal diphtheria. Two required
tracheotomy, and of these one died and one recovered.