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Multiple cases occurred in 11 houses. There were 5 notifications
from 1 house, 3 from another house, and 2 each from
9 houses.
SCARLET FEVER.
80 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified; of these 4 were
wrongly diagnosed, and were not suffering from the disease.
4 others were also notified, but the notifications were withdrawn
by the doctor in attendance on the case.

At no period of the year was there an undue prevalence of
the disease, but the highest number of notifications were received
in the first quarter and the lowest in the third quarter.
5 cases occurred in 1 house, 4 cases occurred in another
house, and 2 cases each occurred in 5 houses; 4 cases were notified
from the Cottage Hospital.
4 cases occurred in houses after the discharge of a child
living in the same house from the Fever Hospital, but in all of
them doubt exists whether the discharged patient was the
infecting agent.
The first case was that of P. S. The case was notified on
April 7th. The child was taken ill early on on April 6th; when the
parents woke up on April 6th, the child complained of sickness, and
had an attack of vomiting. The rash appeared on the same day.
2 families lived in the same house, and V. B., a member of
the other family, was removed to the hospital on February 17th
and discharged on April 5th. V. B. arrived home from the Fever
Hospital about midday on April 5th. P. S. did not come into close
contact with him. It is certain that the 2 children did not play