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Infective Diseases.
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Scarlet Fever.
847 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred, compared with 579 in
1923, and 1,257 in 1922.
Seven cases died, compared with three and 19 respectively for
the two previous years, and the death-rate was -02 per 1,000,
compared with -008 and .05. The case mortality was .82 per
cent.
The case rate per 1,000 of population was 2.48:—3.12 in
Clapham ; 1.58 in Putney ; 1.96 in Balham ; 1.12 in Streatham ;
4.13 in Tooting, and 2.73 in Wandsworth.
Of the total number of cases 775, or 91 per cent., were
removed to hospital.
95 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred during the year at the
Fountain Mental Hospital, an Institution for mentally deficient
children under the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The first case
occurred in January, but 86 of them occurred during the last
half of the year, there being 13 cases in July, 19 in August, 16 in
September, nine in October, nine in November, and 20 in December.
All the children were removed to one of the Fever Hospitals
as they developed the disease.
Further cases have occurred during the early months of 1925,
and I have suggested to the Medical Superintendent certain further
precautions which should be taken in order to stop the outbreak.
The Medical Officers of the London County Council made
inspections of 17 schools during the year, and any suspected
cases were at once excluded and the names and addresses forwarded
to me for inquiry.
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
18 cases of Scarlet Fever and two of Diphtheria occurred
within one month of the return of a previous case from hospital.
Enteric and Para.Typhoid Fever.
14 cases of the above occurred, and three notifications were
received of cases which proved, after investigation, not to be
true cases.
There were no deaths.
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