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Shoreditch 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: "RETURN CASES" OF SCARLET FEVER.In the following table is contained a summary of the return cases of Scarlet Fever which have come under observation in Shoreditch, during the years 1893 to 1903 inclusive, shewing the year, number of the case, length of time the primary case was in hospital, the number of days which elapsed between the date the primary case returned home and the date the secondary case or cases fell ill, the lesions observed in the primary cases when the same returned from hospital, the number and sex of the secondary cases resulting, indicated by the letters M and F, and other particulars:—

"RETURN CASES" OF SCARLET FEVER.

In the following table is contained a summary of the return cases of Scarlet Fever which have come under observation in Shoreditch, during the years 1893 to 1903 inclusive, shewing the year, number of the case, length of time the primary case was in hospital, the number of days which elapsed between the date the primary case returned home and the date the secondary case or cases fell ill, the lesions observed in the primary cases when the same returned from hospital, the number and sex of the secondary cases resulting, indicated by the letters M and F, and other particulars:—

Year.No. of case.Length of time the primary (infecting) case was detained in hospital.Number of days which elapsed between the date the primary (infecting) case return- ed home and the date the secondary (infected) case fell ill.Lesions observed in primary case when same returned from hospital.Number of cases resulting presumably from primary case, so far as could be traced.REMARKS.
1893l11 wks.14 daysDirty scurfy condition of head, nits, — eczematous patch discharging behind one of the child's ears1M & IFPrimary case was a female. Secondary cases attending school at time they were taken ill.
26½ „12 „Eczematous patch behind the right ear1 MPrimary case a male.
189537 „7 „Dirty condition of head—nits1 MPrimary case,a female, slept with secondary case three days after arrival home.
,,410 „4 „A sore was present on the child's head, where it had been scalded before the attack of scarlet fever came on2 MPrimary case a male. Secondary cases attending school when attacked.
,,56 „7 „1 MPrimary case, a female, was regarded as infectious by mother and doctor.
,,68 „8 „1 MPrimary case a female.