[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate].

  • Southgate (London, England). Urban District Council
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12 (2) It appears that sometimes practitioners refrain from notifying certain cases with the object of safeguarding their patients from possible annoyance from official visits, or from a knowledge as to the actual cruise of illness. ISOLATION HOSPITAL. During the year 286 cases were admitted—203 from Southgate, 67 from Friern Barnet, and 13 from Wood Green, and 3 from amongst the staff. Of these, 228 were notified as scarlet fever, 53 as diphtheria, 4 as typhoid fever, and 1 as encephalitis lethargica. In 3 cases sent in as diphtheria the diagnosis was not confirmed by subsequent bacteriological examinations. During July an outbreak of chicken-pox occurred in one of the scarlet fever wards, necessitating the placing of this ward in quarantine for several weeks. There were 8 deaths—2 from scarlet fever, 1 belong ing to Friern Barnet, and 1 to Wood Green; and 6 from diphtheria, 2 belonging to Friern Barnet, and 1 to Wood Green. Two of the cases from Southgate were moribund on admission, and died in 2½ and 4 hours respectively. Number of Patients in Isolation Hospital during each Month of 1921. Greatest number. Lowest number Average number. Jan 20 14 17 Feb 26 18 20 Mar 34 23 30 April 29 16 21 May 53 21 42 June 54 25 42 July 85 23 30 Aug 35 26 32 Sept 43 27 34 Oct 44 36 41 Nov 44 34 39 Dec 39 29 33
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