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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
One of the return cases of Diphtheria occurred in Streatham,
and the other 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 66.0, compared with 69.9 in 1911, and in the cases of
Diphtheria 43 days, compared with 70 in 1911.
In seven premises more than one case occurred after the return
of a case from hospital, four cases each in two premises, and two
cases each in five premises.
In seven of the cases complaint was made that the patients
suffered from nasal discharge.