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10. Diarrhoea in 3 cases, Sonne dysentery was found in one
case only; in the others no pathogens were detected.
11. Acute hepatitis, one case.
12. Mumps, developed in one case 6 days after admission.
13. One case of Glandular fever was admitted with a double
infection.
14. Acute Rheumatism occurred in 2 cases during treatment in
Hospital. Both made satisfactory progress. One of these,
a girl of 12 years, was admitted with endocarditis 5 weeks
after the original attack of scarlet fever. She was extremely
ill with acute heart failure and developed pleural effusion but
ultimately made a good recovery.
15. Polyarthritis, one case.
There was one return case. One convalescent case of
meningitis contracted scarlet fever whilst in hospital.
The average period in Hospital of the confirmed cases was
30 days.
OTITIS MEDIA. A child with a streptococcal otorrhoea
was admitted because many of her school-fellows had contracted
scarlet fever and it was thought that she might be a source of
infection. The otorrhoea ceased after a course of ionisation.
SEPTIC THROAT. One case sent in with a diagnosis of
septic throat proved to be a streptococcal tonsillitis and recovered
uneventfully.
MEASLES. Ten cases of measles (8 from Ealing and 2
from Brentford and Chiswick) were admitted during the year,
but the diagnosis was confirmed in only 7 cases. Of the remaining
3 cases, two proved to be drug rashes and the third had purpura
and nephritis. On admission four cases had chest complications
varying from severe bronchitis to broncho-pneumonia, and one
had stomatitis. One child developed tonsillitis during treatment
in hospital. All cases recovered satisfactorily.
WHOOPING COUGH. Twenty cases of whooping cough,
all from Ealing, were admitted during the year. In addition one
case sent in as laryngeal diphtheria, noted above, proved to have
whooping cough. The diagnosis of the twenty cases was confirmed
in all but three which proved to be one convulsions, one
turned out to be bronchitis and no evidence of disease was found
in the third case. In 8 cases complications were present on
admission. They included five with pneumonia, one with
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