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Wandsworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Return Cases of Diphtheria.
| Sub-District. | No. | Removed to Hospital. | Returned from Hospital. | No of days 1st case was in Hospital. | Date of 1st symptoms of subsequent case. | No. of days elapsing between return of 1st case and 1st symptoms of subsequent case. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1908 | 1908 | 1908 | ||||
| 1 | May 12th | July 1st | 50 | July 29th | 28 | ||
| 1907 | |||||||
| Streatham | 2 | Nov. 30th | Jan. 9th | 40 | Jan. 14th | 5 | Same family |
| 3 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 40 | Feb. 4th | 26 | ||
| 1908 | |||||||
| 4 | Mar. 10th | May 14th | 65 | May 16th | 2 | ||
| 5 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 65 | „ 21st | 7 | Same family | |
| 6 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 65 | ,, 23rd | 9 | ||
| 7 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 65 | ,, 23rd | |||
| 8 | July 13th | Oct. 17th | 96 | Oct. 23rd | 6 | ||
| 9 | Sept. 11th | „ 26th | 45 | Nov. 7th | 12 | ||
| Tooting | 1907 | ||||||
| 10 | Nov. 16th | Mar. 17th | 122 | Mar. 28th | 11 | Discharge from ear. Same patient was removed on Nov. 16th, suffering from scarlet fever | |
| Wandsworth | 11 | Dec. 14th | Feb. 18th | 66 | Feb. 19th | 1 | Post scarlatinal diphtheria. |
| 1908 | Same patient | ||||||
| 12 | Feb. 12th | Mar. 26th | 43 | April 2nd | 7 | Same family | |
| 13 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 43 | ,, 8th | 13 | ||
| 14 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 43 | „ 14th | 19 | ||
| 15 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 41 | - | - | ||
| 16 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 43 | „ 17th | 21 | ||
| 17 | ,, ,, | ,, ,, | 43 | ,, ,, | 21 |
In regard to Scarlet Fever in 13 premises more than one case
occurred after the return of a case from hospital, two cases each
in nine premises, three cases in two premises, four cases in one
house, and seven cases in another house, this latter being an
Institution.
It is difficult to account for the increased number of return
cases as only in nine cases was there any visible discharge from
the mucous membranes. Every care seems to have been taken in
hospital, and the average time of detention in hospital has not
appreciably lessened.