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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In all, 24 schools remained free from Diphtheria, compared with
19 in 1909.
Of the total number of cases of Diphtheria, four or 1.4 per
cent. occurred among children under one year, 91 or 32.1 per cent,
among children from one to five years, 144 or 50.6 per cent. from
five to 15 years, 30 or 10 6 per cent, from 15 to 25 years, and 15
or 5.3 per cent, from 25 to 65 years.
Of the 284 cases of Diphtheria removed to Hospital 39 were
reported not to have suffered from Diphtheria.
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Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
40 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after the return of cases
from the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, compared
with 46 in 1909, 57 in 1908, and 41 in 1907.
There was also one case of Diphtheria, compared with four
in 1909, 17 in 1908, and one in 1907.
13 of the return cases occurred in Clapham, seven in Putney,
nine in Streatham, four in Tooting, and six in Wandsworth.
The return case of Diphtheria occurred in Tooting.
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 65.25, compared with 65.47 in 1909, and in the
case of Diphtheria 31 days, compared with 41.25 in 1909.