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2. From May 5th to November 23rd—no " return " cases,
3. From November 23rd to December 31st—3 "infecting"
and 5 " return " cases.
In the First Period
45 Scarlet Fever patients were discharged. The average
number of patients in the Hospital was 31.4, varying from 18.5
in the week ending January 5th to 51 in the week ending February
9th. The average number of Scarlet Fever patients in the Hospital
was 17.6, varying from 13 in the weeks ending March 9th and January
5th, to 22 in the week ending April 20th
In the Second Period
126 Scarlet Fever patients were discharged. The average
number of patients in the Hospital was 37, varying from 17 in the
week ending June 1st to 62 in the week ending November 16th.
The average number of Scarlet Fever patients was 30, varying from
14 in the week ending June 1st to 61 in the week ending November
16th.
In the Third Period *
45 Scarlet Fever patients were discharged. The average
number of patients in the Hospital was 55, varying from 45 to 60.
The average number of Scarlet Fever patients was 52, varying from
41 to 59.
The age distribution of the cases was almost similar in the
3 periods, about 70 per cent of the patients being under 10 years
of age.
It will be observed that as far as the average number of all
patients and the average number of scarlet fever patients
are concerned, the second period stands between the first
and third periods, but in one respect it differed from both. In the
second period the patients were able to be out of doors throughout
the latter part of their convalescence. It is possible that this had
some effect on the freedom of the patients from infection at the