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Erith 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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theria is discharged from the Sanatorium the bacteriological
examination of swabs taken from the throat must
show a negative result on two consecutive occasions.
Table showing the number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria which have occurred in any particular school in 1913.
| School. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. |
|---|---|---|
| Crescent Road | 9 | 3 |
| Manor Road | 2 | 1 |
| Central | 3 | 3 |
| St. Augustine's Road | 33 | 4 |
| St. Fidelis' | 5 | — |
| Belvedere Boys' | 1 | 1 |
| All Saints' | 16 | 7 |
| Brook Street | 2 | 1 |
| Picardy | 11 | — |
| Private and County | 3 | — |
| Not attending any school | 30 | 18 |
| Totals | 115 | 38 |
Enteric Fever.
Ten cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the
year with 2 deaths. Five cases occurred in children between
5 and 15 years of age, one between the ages of 15
and 25, and 4 between the ages of 25 and 45, and it
was among the last four that the two deaths occurred.
The death rate from Enteric Fever was .066 per 1,000,
and the case mortality 20 per cent. The attack rate for
the disease was .33 per 1,000, as compared with .24 in
1912.
Seven of the cases mentioned above were all clearly
connected with each other, four of them occurring in
one family between February and April, one occurring
in a next door neighbour, one in a girl who had been looking
after some of the children in that family who were not
ill, while the other case was that of a mother who nursed
her child with an attack, which was thought to be diarrhoea,
but in all probability was Enteric Fever, this child
having been nursed by the girl above mentioned, before
she became ill. The cause of the disease in the first case,