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Illness contracted outside district:—Five cases were taken ill
under suspicious circumstances within a week after return from outside
this area.
Cases traced to contact with other patients in Tottenham:- Ten
cases of this nature were discovered.
Cases found in School:—Five children were excluded from school
because they were found there to be desquamating or having other
indications of Scarlet Fever.
"Scattered Homes":—One child under the care of the Guardians
and the Foster-mother were taken ill at one of the Scattered Homes
in Tottenham.
Hospital Staff :—Eight members of the North-Eastern M.A.B.
Hospital Staff contracted Scarlet Fever.
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The number of cases of Scarlet Fever in 1914 was 666, and
the number of deaths 8.
The rate of incidence of Scarlet Fever, or the number of
persons attacked per 1,000 of the population, was 4 45.
The death rate from Scarlet Fever (i.e. the deaths per 1,000
of the population) was 0 053 or 0 047 greater than in 1913.
The fatality rate (i.e. the percentage of deaths amongst those
attacked) was 1.2; in 1913 it was 0.17.
The subjoined table gives the incidence and mortality for the
various wards.