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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 532 cases notified, in 50 information was received that
the diagnosis was incorrect, and only 482 actual cases are shown in
the Table.
Of the 482, 216, or 44.8 per cent., did not attend school,
leaving 266, or 55.2 per cent., cases occurring among children
attending school.
Return cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
50 cases of Scarlet Fever and 11 of Diphtheria occurred after
the return of cases from the Hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, compared with 48 of Scarlet Fever and eight of
Diphtheria in 1902, and 19 of Scarlet Fever and five of Diphtheria
in 1901.
Eight of the cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in Clapham,
nine in Putney, two in Streatham, nine in Tooting, and 22 in
Wandsworth.
Of the cases of Diphtheria, eight occurred in Streatham and
three in Wandsworth.
Four of the cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in one house in
Clapham, and four in one house in Wandsworth, three in one house
in Putney, three in one house in Tooting, two in one house in
Putney, and two in three houses in Wandsworth, the rest, viz.: —
28, being single cases.
Two cases of Diphtheria occurred in one house in Streatham,
and two in one house in Wandsworth.
The following Tables show the date of removal to hospital of
the first case, the date of return from hospital, the number of
days the first case was in hospital, and the date of the first
symptoms of the subsequent cases.
The average duration of isolation in hospital in the case of
Scarlet Fever was 54 days, varying from a minimum of 29 days
to a maximum of 101 days, and in the case of Diphtheria from a
minimum of 31 days to a maximum of 102 days.
In the case of Scarlet Fever it was noted by the parents that
the child on return from hospital had a discharge from nose or ear