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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
There were also three return cases of Diphtheria, compared
with none in 1905, none in 1904, and 11 in 1903.
Two of the cases of Scarlet Fever were in Clapham, none in
Putney, nine in Streatham, nine in Tooting, and four in Wandsworth.
The three return cases of Diphtheria were in Putney.
Four of the cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in one family,,
three in another, and two each in two families.
The three cases of Diphtheria occurred in the same family.
The following Table shows the date of removal to hospital of
the first case, the date of return from hospital, the number of days
the first case was in hospital, the date of the first symptoms of
the subsequent case, and the number of days elapsing between the
return of the first case and the first symptoms of the subsequent
case or cases.
The average number of days the cases of Scarlet Fever were
in hospital was 59, while in the case of Diphtheria the infecting
case had been isolated for 95 days.