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Scarlet Fever.
There were 115 cases of Scarlet Fever notified during
1913, as compared with 68 in 1912. Of these 79 occurred
in children between 5 and 15 years of age, and 26
in children between 1 and 5.
Two cases in children under 1 year old which were
notified as Scarlet Fever proved to be measles, and these
are not included in the above number.
The large majority of these cases were notified during
the latter half of the year, and the rise in the number
of cases began in July and August, while the schools
were closed for the summer holiday. One school was
affected to a much larger extent than any of the others,
but although several inspections were made of various
classes in this school, for the purpose of detecting missed
cases, no case was so found. At the Routine Medical Inspection,
however, 1 child was found to have a slight rash
which proved to be due to Scarlet Fever.
The number of houses affected by the disease was 95 ;
in 82 houses only one case occurred, in 8 two cases, in 3
three cases, and in 2 four cases.
The attack rate for the disease was 3.82 per 1,000 of
the population, as compared with 2.42 per 1,000 the previous
year.
Out of the 115 cases which occurred, 106 were removed
to the Isolation Hospital for treatment, a percentage
of 92.2.