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82 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
cases of Diphtheria in Clapham, these were of a very mild type,
having only being recognised as such after bacteriological examination
of swabs taken from the throats of the children affected.
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 54.3, compared with 66 in 1912, and in the cases of
Diphtheria 64 days, compared with 43 in 1912.
In seven premises mere than one case occurred after the return
of a case from hospital, seven cases in one premises, four cases in
one premises, and two cases each in five premises.
In six of the cases complaint was made that the patients
suffered from nasal discharge.