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SCARLET FEVER.
The 238 cases or Scarlet Fever occurred in 198 houses, in 5 of
which there were grave insanitary conditions; in 18 the insanitary
conditions were slight, and in the remaining houses there was an
absence of such conditions.
Year.
Death-Rate for
Stoke Newington.
Rate for
London generally.
Kate for
England and Wales.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
0.08
0.09
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.02
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.08
0.08
0.12
0.11
0.14
0.13
0.15
0.12
011
0.11
0.10
School attendance was ascribed as the origin of the infection
in 28 cases; and in four cases there were strong reasons for believing
that the infection was communicated by a patient recently dismissed
from a fever hospital. These "return cases" have received a great
deal of consideration by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and their
origin, cause and possibilities of prevention, have been very
thoroughly investigated. It appears that despite all precautions
some three to four per cent. of Scarlet Fever convalescents upon
their return home from hospital are capable of conveying infection
to others. The infection was imported into the Borough in at least
four instances.
There has been a very marked prevalence of Scarlet Fever in
London and several other parts of the country during the year, and
Stoke Newington has suffered in common with other parts of the
Metropolis.