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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 18.
Giving particulars of Infecting and Return Cases of Scarlet Fever during 1916
| Initials of Infecting Cases. | No. of days isolated. | Initials of Return Cases. | No. of days elapsing between release from isolation of infecting case and onset of illness of return case. |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.S. | 39 | F.S. | 51 |
| R.B. | 89 | K.B. | 28 |
| E.B. | 42 | W.B. | 27 |
| C.D. | 37 | L.D. | 10 |
| 37 | A.D. | 14 | |
| 37 | O.D. | 55 | |
| A.D. | 35 | A.D. | 14 |
| M.G. | 101 | M.G. | 5 |
| 101 | E.G. | 7 | |
| 101 | P.G. | 7 | |
| H.H. | 28 | L.H. | 14 |
| 28 | G.H. | 23 | |
| C.B. | 56 | D.B. | 11 |
| G.D. | 41 | C.D. | 8 |
| W.C. | 34 | E.C. | 24 |
| G.J. | 48 | E.J. | 92 |
| W.B. | 49 | L.B. | 47 |
| J.C. | 31 | M.C. | 20 |
| 31 | C.C. | 3 | |
| 31 | V.C. | 20 | |
| M.B. | 37 | E.B. | 5 |
Table No. 19.
Giving particulars of multiple cases of Scarlet Fever occurring in households in 1916.
| No. of Houses. | Per cent, of Houses. | No of Cases. | Per cent. of Cases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses in which :— | ||||
| 1 case occurred | 226 | 79.1 | 226 | 58.5 |
| 2 cases occurred | 40 | 13.6 | 80 | 20.1 |
| 3 ,, | 8 | 2.8 | 24 | 6.2 |
| 4 ,, | 9 | 3.1 | 36 | 9.3 |
| 5 ,, | 1 | .4 | 5 | 1.3 |
| 6 ,, | 3 | 1.0 | 18 | 4.6 |
| Totals | 287 | 100.0 | 389 | 100.0 |