[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port.

  • Cardiff (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scarlet Fever. Two hundred and sixty-two patients were admitted to the wards, of wiioin 214 were true cases of scarlet fever ; 4 were cases of measles, 7 were patients suffering from tonsillitis, 1 was a case of rubella, 1 was a case of chickenpox, while 35 w'ere ])atients suffering from a variety of adventitious rashes. It is of interest to note that 17 patients—admitted as cases of scarlet fever- were also incubating one or other of the following diseases, viz., mumps, chickenpox, measles, rubella,, whooping cough. No deaths occurred among the scarlet fever patients. The type of scarlet fever was on the wdiole mild in character, but 7 patients suffered from a varying degree of septic scarlet fever, while 1—an adult—was definitely sub-toxic in type. The more severe cases were treated with intramuscular injections of the new scarlet fever antitoxin, with marked beneficial effects. The principal comj)lications are nofed below : Complication. (’ases. Arthritis ... ... ... 10 Otorrhma ... ... ... 20 Rhinitis ... ... ... 24 Late Albuminuria ... ... 29 Late Adenitis ... ... ... 27 Jaundice ... ... ... 2 Percentage. 44) 9-3 11-2 13-5 124) 0-9 Hospital mortality : Nil. Diphtfieria. Of the patients admitted to the wards 2152 in number 221 wei’e true cases of diphtheria,, 10 suffered from tonsillitis, 1 from tonsillitis and rheumatisni, 1 from tonsillitis with ])neumonia and later em])yema, 1 from tonsillitis and bronchitis, 4 from laryngitis, 2 from quinsy, 1 from measles, 1 fi'oru a septic throat following tonsillectomy, 1 from broncho-pneumonia and marasmus, while 19 were carriers of the di])htheria bacillus, though one of them who was admitted as a case of dif)htheria was i-eally suffering fi-orn a sharf) attack of facial erysipelas. 'Fable showing type of diphtheria and Fuortality 'I'viic .\ inn 1)1-r Died .Mortality Jier ecnt. f'aucial onl\’ ... 174 () 3-4 Faucial and Lai-yngeal ...; 19 3 15-7 Faucial and Nasal ' 15 2 13-3 Lai’vngeal only ...| () Nasal only ...! () — Nasal and Laryngeal ... 1 -- -■ Totals ... ...| 221 11 4-9