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Barnes 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Hospital Administration.
The work done includes:—
TUBERCULOSIS.
Admissions 94
Carried over from 1917 11
Total 105 cases.
Of these 17 cases improved and went home.
12 remained in the same condition and went home.
10 got worse and went home at own request.
19 sufficiently improved to be recommended for further treatment
in a Sanatorium.
26 died.
3 were re-admitted, and the balance remain in the hospital.
The Local Cases included in the above numbers are :—
Mortlake 12 Improved 8 Died 4
Barnes 4 Improved 2 Died 2
DIPHTHERIA
Five cases carried over from 1917.
Admitted 28 cases (6 from one School)
Died 3, including one case brought in dying.
SCARLET FEVER.
13 cases carried over from 1917.
Admitted 25 cases.
Died 1, " Return Case " 1.
" Septic Throats "—Admitted either as Diphtheria or Scarlet
Fever.
5 cases. 1 Death.
MEASLES.
Admitted 6 cases (4 from one school). No deaths.
CEREBROSPINAL FEVER.
1 case admitted, recovered