Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown.

  • Cape Town (South Africa). City Health Department.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health [to] the Corporation of the City of Capetown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. Table 3.—Cases admitted with incorrect diagnosis. £ Ultimate diagnosis. Disease. I Acute anterior poliomyelitis. Adenitis, cervical. Asthma. Bronchitis. Broncho-pneumonia. 1 Carcinoma. ; Cellulitis. j Cerebrospinal fever. Chicken-pox. Cholecystosis. W *-£ £ t-i © o Diphtheria. Diphtheria carrier. Drug poisoning. Dysentery. Empyema, streptococcal. Encephalitis, meningo- 1 Encephalitis, myelo- Endocarditis, septic. Enteric fever. I Enteritis. ' Epithelioma of the fauces. ! Erysipelas. Fibrosis of lung. Furuncle. Gastritis. Haemorrhage, subarachnoid. Hepatitis. Hypertension and apoplexy. Impetigo. Infective encephalitis. Influenza. Laryngismus stridulus. Laryngitis. Leprosy. Malaria. Measles. Melaena of unknown origin. Meningismus of unknown origin. Meningitis, benign lymphocytic. Meningitis, pneumococcal. Meningitis, suppurative. Meningitis of unknown origin. Migraine. Myalgia. Nephritis. No apparent disease. Osteitis, acute. I Admitted for :— Cerebrospinal fever 2 1 1 6 5 i 2 1 - I Cerebrospinal fever (suspected) 1 1 Diphtheria .. - 1 O 1 I 15 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - Diphtheria (suspected) .. Diphtheria carrier Dysentery .. Enteric fever - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - 2 - - - - - 1 - i - - - - 1 - - 1 3 - - - 3 - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Enteric fever (suspected) Erysipelas .. Infective encephalitis - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Measles Observation 1 Pemphigus .. Pneumonia, influenzal Puerperal fever Scarlet fever Smallpox .. I Syphilis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tuberculosis, pulmonary - - 1 2 3 2 Tubercular meningitis 1 Dual Cases ; I Diphtheria and chicken-pox - Diphtheria and whooping cough - Tuberculosis, pulmonary and enteric fever Syphilis and gonorrhoea - -| | | | Totals -1 2 1 l 1 4 1 8 j 3 3 5 1 1 2 5 161 1 2 1 1 i 1 2 7 1 i 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 1 15 1 3 5 1 7 1 7 i 3 1 2 1 1 1 i Dual Cases. Oi >. O .22 I ^ £ 5 £ ! g 5 ; £ g I 'S © * 5 £ ' £ f ! g a? a> (0 I 3 2 •- 5 '1 o o H I H •g 5 t- c3 -Sec c © 5 1 S M ^ .2 ,S Li 7; 35 cS C C- 0/ .o H | H X5 3 H x -S E r2 l* tr (-> *2; 3 1 r* o ■o d ej • H I JO *5 T3 j TJ o ! 5 cs at J .2 .2 I <2 •g 5 3 I o . *3 (0 .O E * ■5 g 8?! « >» •a t-> 3 «6 — 3 O x ‘5 rc u. - s 3 3. £ £ * >» 1 L- 2 2 c C* 3 C, gw » ® j / Z | *» of ■3 © | © g © ■ © 3 .3 i c S S;S S S £ u ^ £*: S* .£• £• 1 a 1 •£ D I? S G 1 £ G G H ” S— u. w - o s 1 - 26 11 1 2 1 I 1 - 1 28 - 76 19 2 - 2 1 4 1 - 3 24 1 2 - 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 - _ - - 62 - 5 - 285 I - 5 1 56 4 5 1 1 I ~ 1 - 6 2 2 1 - - 1 2 1 1 ; 1 24 3 3 12 1 1 i 1 491