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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Greenwich 1919

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919

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Table: Table showing Return Cases of Scarlet Fever during year 1919.

Table showing Return Cases of Scarlet Fever during year 1919.

No. of Case.Date of Removal of Primary Case.Date of Disinfection.Date of Discharge from Hospital.Date of Removal of Second Case.Time between Cases.Remarks, &c. Appearance on discharge from Hospital.
18th Nov., 19189th Nov., 191827th Dec., 19184th Jan., 19196 daysNasal discharge. Feet desquamat-ing.
213th Dec., 191814th Dec., 19183rd Feb., 1919.11th Feb., 19198 „Throat sore; glands swollen.
31st Sept., 19191st Sept., 191924th Sept., 19196th Oct., 191910 „Feet desquamating. Heavy nasal discharge.
41st Sept., 19191st Sept., 191924th Sept., 1919
52nd Sept., 19192nd Sept., 19191st Oct., 191913th Oct., 19199 „Hands and feet desquamating.
629th Aug., 191930th Aug., 191910th Oct., 191919th Oct., 19199 ,,Apparently well.