[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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    ■21 Meningitis, Three cases of meningitis were treated ; all died. One was a case of tulierculous meningitis, and the other 2 were cases of eerehro-sjiinal meningitis. Whooping (’ough. Twenty patients suffering from whooping cough were admitted ; all were children under 4 years of age, w'ith one exception. There were no complications and all made a good recoverw Puerperal SEPTU’iEMiA. Five patients suffering from fever in the jnierperal state were admitted to the hospital. Four of these patients made a satisfactory recovery, while 1 died. Other .Diseases, In addition to the foregoing, 5 cases of chickenpox (one case in which a suspicion of small- pox had arisen), 2 cases of anterior poliomyelitis, 2 cases of amoebic dysentery, 1 case of influenza, 1 case of inlluenzal-pneumonia, 1 patient suffering from dermatitis (suspected of smallpox), 1 patient with a syphilitic rash (suspected of smallpox), 1 case of mumps, 1 case of acute rheumatism, and 1 patient suffering from abdominal cobc, were admitted to the hospital. All these recovered, except 1 patient suffering from amoebic dysentery, who died. Laroratory Work. The following table contains a summary of the bacteriological examinations conducted in the hospital laboratory during the year Examinations Fo.siti VO Negative Totals Specimens for Diphtheria 928 800 1,728 Blood for Widal Re-action 7 b 13 Specimens of Cerebro-Spinal Fluid — 11 Miscellaneous specimens — — 219 Total for the year 1,971