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Heston and Isleworth 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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In order to be in a position to compare the relative values of
Hospital and Home Isolation in Scarlet Fever, it is necessary to
consider carefully certain particulars in regard to the cases notified.
Eleven of the notified cases occurred in public institutions, and
are therefore excluded from further consideration. The remaining
64 cases occurred in 48 separate households, from 39 of which the
cases were removed to hospital, and in 9 of which the cases were
kept at home.
I present certain particulars regarding these cases in a similar
form to that presented last year, and I include last year's figures for
purposes of comparison.
Scarlet Fever.—Hospital and Home Isolated Cases during the years 1910 and 1911.
| Hospital Isolated Cases. | Home Isolated Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910. | 1911. | 1 Total. | 1910. | 1911. | Total. | |
| Number of cases | 57 | 51 | 108 | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| ,, households affected | 47 | 39 | 86 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| „ households in which secondary cases occurred | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| ,, secondary cases in households | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| „ Number of return cases | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
| Average duration of isolation | 54 | 54 | 54 | 40 | 31 | 36 |
*A return case is defined as a case which occurs in the same family after
a case in the family has been set free from isolation in Hospital or
at Home as the case may be.
The figures for this year point to the same conclusions as were
made last year. Taking the totals for both years it can be said:—
1. That cases isolated at home get better in a shorter time
than cases isolated in Hospital.