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In connection with the general precautions for preventing the
spread of Infectious Diseases, there certainly appears to be an
urgent need for the provision of premises for isolating cases that
appear to be of a suspicious character, so that the cases could be
watched until it was definitely decided as to what was the character
of the illness. It will be readily understood that keeping a case of
this character in the homes of the poorer people exposes the
other members of the family to great risk of infection, and yet the
case must not be sent to the ordinary Fever Hospital for obvious
reasons until it is definitely declared.
During the year the following cases have been returned as
not suffering from the undermentioned Diseases:—
Enteric Fever 7
Diphtheria 20
Scarlet Fever 11
Total 38
Twenty-four notices of return cases of Scarlet Fever have also
been received from the Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals
during the year.