[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 107

Paddington 1900

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patients, suggests that the infection present in the mucous discharges has a similar origin. That
being granted, it is evident that an extended duration of hospital isolation will not tend to prevent
the occurrence of " return cases."

Table: The average duration of such isolation at the various hospitals at the time of the inquiry is indicated in the following tables:— Number and duration of detention of cases of Scarlet Fever in different hospitals discharged during the six months from October, 1898, to March, 1899.

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The average duration of such isolation at the various hospitals at the time of the inquiry is indicated in the following tables:— Number and duration of detention of cases of Scarlet Fever in different hospitals discharged during the six months from October, 1898, to March, 1899.

Time of Detention.	South. Eastern.	North. Eastern.	Park.	Western.	N orth. Western.	Fountain.	Eastern.	Brook.	Southwestern.
Under 2 weeks	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2 weeks and under 4 weeks	0	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0
4 „ „ 6 „	3	8	9	1	32	16	18	5	10
6 „ ,.8 „	67	142	98	13	115	72	64	20	89
8 „ „ 10 „	75	190	92	80	114	166	41	145	86
10 „ „ 12 „	42	112	46	83	71	100	25	146	66
12 ,, ii 15 „	32	149	32	59	28	67	22	170	66
15 ,, and over	12	38	10	56	18	22	9	43	28
	231	642	288	292	443	180	529	345
Percentage of cases giving rise to return cases after isolation lasting	South. Eastern.	North . Eastern.	Park.	Western.	Northwestern.	Fountain.	Eastern.	Brook.	Southwestern.
4 weeks and under 6 weeks	1.2	1.2	3.1	0.3	8.3	3.6	10.0	0.9	2.9
6 ,, ,,8 „	29.0	22.1	34.0	4.4	29.6	16.2	35.5	3.7	25.7
8 „ „ 10 „	32.4	29.5	31.9	27.3	29.6	37.4	22.7	27.4	24.9
10 „ „ 12 „	18.1	17.3	15.9	28.7	18.6	22.5	13.8	27.4	19.1
12 ,, ,, 15 ,,	13.8	23.0	11.1	20.2	7.2	15.1	12.2	32.1	191
15 „ and over	5.1	5.9	4.1	19.1	4.6	4.9	5.0	8.0	8.1
Percentage of primary Scarlet Fever infective cases	11.7	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	2.1	0.8

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Table: The average duration of such isolation at the various hospitals at the time of the inquiry is indicated in the following tables:— Number and duration of detention of cases of Scarlet Fever in different hospitals discharged during the six months from October, 1898, to March, 1899.