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Other Diseases.
In addition to the cases of revised diagnosis which have
already been mentioned, the following diseases are included under
this group:—Puerperal pyrexia 4, smallpox 1, chickenpox 23,
mumps 5, scabies 4, rubella 1, otorrhoea 2, endocarditis 1, influenza
3, rheumatism 3, poliomyelitis 2, pemphigus 2, encephalitis
1, impetigo 3, congenital hydro-cephalus 1, pulmonary tuberculosis
1, mastoid abscess 1, observation 4, re-admitted 2.
Of these, the cases of congenital hydro-cephalus and of pulmonary
tuberculosis proved fatal.
Cross Infection.
Two cases of diphtheria and 3 cases of scarlet fever contracted
measles from patients who had been admitted in the incubation
stage of the disease. Four other patients contracted
chickenpox in the wards. A patient who had been transferred to
the Harold Wood Hospital in the incubation stage of mumps
infected 8 cases there, and 16 other cases contracted chickenpox
at Harold Wood.
Operations.
In addition to the cases of tracheotomy already mentioned,
the following operations were performed during the year :—Tonsillectomies
24, Excision of left eye 1, Radical mastoids 5, Empyema
4, Excision of glands of neck 1.
Harold Wood Hospital.
Six hundred and seventy patients, convalescing from scarlet
fever, diphtheria and pneumonia, had been transferred to the
Harold Wood Children's Hospital during the year. These were :
Scarlet fever 453 cases, diphtheria 116 cases, pneumonia 101 cases.
Of these, 594 were discharged and 76 remained in residence at the
end of the year. The average duration of residence of all the
cases was 42 days. During the latter half of the year the patients
were weighed at weekly intervals, and the records show that they
all made substantial gains in weight during their periods of residence.
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