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Wandsworth 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 55
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever.
| Sub-District. | Removed to Hospital. | Returned home from Hospital. | No. of days 1st case was in Hospital. | Date of 1st symptoms of subsequent case. | No. of days elapsing between return home of a case from Hospital and 1st symptms. of subsequent case | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1904. 2nd June | 20th Aug. | 78 | 11 th Sept. | 21 | Same family |
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | ,, | 9th Sept. | 19 | ||
| 18th July | 9th Nov. | 113 | 13th Nov. | 4 | ||
| 9th Aug. | 10th Sept. | 31 | 1st Oct. | 20 | ||
| 19th Sept. | 2nd Dec. | 73 | 6th Dec. | 4 | Discharge from nose | |
| Putney | 28th Sept. | 26th Nov. | 58 | 7th Dec. | 10 | Peeling on heels |
| Streatham | 1903. 22nd Nov. | 1904. 20th Jan. | ,, | 13th Feb. | 23 | |
| 1904. 25th Aug. | 24th Sept. | 29 | 29th Sept. | 5 | ||
| 6th Sept. | 22nd Oct. | 35 | 8th Nov. | 16 | Skin of left foot rough | |
| 13th Oct. | 3rd Dec. | 50 | 10th Dec. | 7 | Discharge from nose | |
| 27th Oct. | 14th Dec. | 47 | 27th Dec. | 13 | Discharge from nose | |
| Wandsworth | 5th Jan. | 23rd Feb. | 48 | 29th Feb. | 6 | |
| 23rd Jan. | 4th March | 30 | 29th Mar. | 25 | ||
| 7th Feb. | 21 st April | 73 | 30th April | 9 | Sore ear (externally) | |
| 30th July | 24th Sept. | 55 | 28th Sept. | 4 | Discharge from nose | |
| 20th Aug. | 13th Oct. | 53 | 15th Oct. | 2 | Discharge from nose | |
| 10th Sept. | 27th Oct. | 46 | 4th Nov. | 7 | 111 for a week after return |