[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1934
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    Revision of diagnosis. 14 of the 148 patient diagnosed as suffering from— Phlebitis Cellulitis Catarrhal jaundice Herpes Pemphigus Dermatitis Furuncle •Abscess riie site of erysipelas was— Face and scalp Limbs Trunk Generalised infection notified as suffering from erysipelas were finally 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 Total 14 ... 116 ... 13 2 7 Total 138 The principal complications were as follows :— Patients who recovered. Abscess ... ... 17 Nephritis ... 3 Otorrhoea ... ... 2 Pneumonia ... 1 Relapse ... ... 3 Cellulitis ... ... 1 Mastoiditis ... ... 1 Totals 28 Fatal cases. 5 The 28 complications tabulated above occurred in 22 patients who recovered. In 5 instances, pneumonia occurred in those cases which ended fatally. Rubella. Ten cases were admitted with a notified diagnosis of rubella. Three required revision of diagnosis. In all 44 cases were diagnosed as rubella, and this figure was made up as follows:— Notified as rubella 7 Notified as scarlet fever 34 Notified as measles 13 Notified as diphtheria 1 'I’otal Chickenpox. Eight cases required revision of diagnosis, and one of these was suffering from concurrent chickenpox and posterior basal meningitis, which caused its death. The case has been transferred to Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Enteric Fever. Patients admitted with a notified diagnosis of enteric fever during 1934 number 27. Of these, 13 required revision of diagnosis. Five suspected carriers of the bacillus typhosus were proved free of infection when investigated. Two were suffering from primary lobar pneumonia, one showed an acute abdominal condition and the remaining three were cases of dysentery. To the 14 patients admitted with enteric fever must be added one notified as scarlet fever, and one notified as diphtheria who was sent into hospital on the strength of a positive swab, which was proved to be avirulent.