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Other Diseases.
In addition to the cases of revised diagosis which have been
mentioned under Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, the following diseases
are included under this group:—
Influenza 4; Mumps 4; Puerperal Fever 3; Smallpox 3;
Chickenpox 28; Rubella 2; Tuberculosis 1; Pemphigus 1;
Tubercular Peritonitis 1; Enteritis 1; Rheumatic Fever 2;
Malignant Endocarditis l; Septicaemia 1; Cellulitis 3.
Of these, 4 proved fatal as follows:—Septicaemia 1; Malignant
Endocarditis 1; Enteritis 1; Cellulitis 1.
Cross Infection.
An outbreak of chickenpox occurred among the patients at
the Convalescent Hospital at Harold Wood, and 14 cases were
infected. Six diphtheria patients and 2 scarlet fever patients contracted
this disease at Plaistow Hospital. One other scarlet fever
patient contracted whooping cough during the year.
Operations.
In addition to the cases of tracheotomy already mentioned,
the following operations were performed during the year:—
Removal of tonsils and adenoids 18; Empyema, resection of rib,
2; Radical Mastoid 2; Ischio-rectal abscess I.
Harold Wood Hospital.
The building and equipment of the new Convalescent Hospital
at Harold Wood were completed by the beginning of the year,
and the patients were transferred in February to the new wards,
but owing to the diminished prevalence of both scarlet fever and
diphtheria the total accommodation was not fully occupied. During
the year 421 cases were under treatment. These included 393
scarlet fever convalescents and 28 diphtheria convalescents. Of
these, 361 were discharged recovered, and 60 remained under
treatment at the end of the year. The cases selected for transfer
from Plaistow were patients between the ages of 4 and 14 years.
If free from complications the scarlet fever patients were transferred
at the end of the second week of illness and the diphtheria
patients at the end of the fourth week of illness. The average
duration of residence of all the cases was 42.03 days.
The kitchen gardens kept the Hospital supplied with vegetables
and a quantity of fruit, and during the year 7,900 eggs were
obtained from the poultrv.