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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The return case of Diphtheria occurred 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 6o.1, compared with 54.3 in 1913, and in the case
of Diphtheria 68 days, compared with 64 in 1913.
In eight premises more than one case occurred after the return
of a case from hospital, seven cases in one premises, five cases in
one premises, four cases in one premises, three cases each in two
premises, and two cases each in three premises.
In one of the cases complaint was made that the patient
suffered from nasal discharge.