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SCARLET FEVER.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever were 42 in the Borough during 1902,
as against 54 in the year 1901.
The total number of cases notified was 1,098 this year, as against
1,301 for last year.
The percentage of deaths to the total cases notified was 3.8.
The annual mortality per 1,000 living was .20.
Deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last ten years:—
1893 11l 1898 4.5
1894 42 1899 21
1895 36 1900 22
1896 51 1901 54
1897 54 1902 42
Of the 1,098 cases notified, as many as 1,046 were removed to
hospital. The deaths in the hospital were 39, a mortality of 3.7 per
cent.
The cases treated at home numbered 52, of which three died, a
mortality of 5.7 per cent.
The percentage of cases removed to hospital was 95.2.
"Retuen" or Secondary Cases.
The number of cases supposed to have infected other children when
returned home was 46, a percentage of 4.4 of the total cases sent to
hospital.
The number of cases returned home from the hospital as not suffering
from any notifiable disease was 35, a percentage of 3.3.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board has recently resolved to advise
Medical Officers of Health of the discharge of patients from their hospitals.
This information will enable Medical Officers to visit and watch the cases
when that is required, and in my opinion will ultimately tend to very
materially shorten the stay of patients in hospitals, a highly desirable
thing to do if it can be accomplished, as I think it can be, without any
danger of further spreading the disease.