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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
41 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after the return of cases
from the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, compared
with 24 in 1906, 51 in 1905, and 17 in 1904.
There was, however, only one return case of Diphtheria, compared
with three in 1906.
Two of the return cases occurred in Clapham, two in Putney,
12 in Streatham, 11 in Tooting, and 14 in Wandsworth.
The return case of Diphtheria was in Wandsworth.
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 58.6, while in the case of Diphtheria the infecting
case had been isolated for 23 days.