[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 14

Shoreditch 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: During the year under consideration 24 instances in which return cases of scarlet fever occurred came under observation in Shoreditch. This is equivalent to 3.1 per cent. of the cases removed to hospital. The particulars relating to them are briefly shown in the subjoined table:—

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During the year under consideration 24 instances in which return cases of scarlet fever occurred came under observation in Shoreditch. This is equivalent to 3.1 per cent. of the cases removed to hospital. The particulars relating to them are briefly shown in the subjoined table:—

Number of Case.	Length of time in Hospital	Interval between the return of the primary (infecting) case and the occurrence (invasion) of the secondary or return case	Lesions observed in the primary case on return from hospital.	Number of eases resulting from Primary case.	Remarks.
1	90 days	3 days	Discharge from ear and nose.	1	Primary case, a female
2	70 „	8 „	Discharge from nose ; tonsils enlarged and ragged.	1	Primary case, a female
3	70 „	12 „	Discharge from nose	1	Primary case, a female
4	50 „	21 „	Discharge from nose; scurfy head.	2	Primary case, a male. The discharge from nose came on three days after return of primary case from hospital. The same was not apparent four days after secondary cases were certified
5	44 „	16 „	Discharge from nose; enlarged tonsils.	1	Primary case, a female
6	58 „	10 „	Discharge from nose; slight discharge from ears (mother's statement).	1	Primary case, a male
7	43	7 „	Discharge from nose; spots about body (mother's statement).	1	Primary case, a male
8	45 „	7 „	Spots about body and soro nose (mother's statement).	1	Primary case, a female, was removed from an address in Hackney and returned to Shore-ditch, the family having moved in the interval.
9	30 „	28 „	Desquamation on hands and feet for about 14 days (mother's state ment).	1	Primary case, a female. There were several cases of scarlet fever at the school attended by return case—probable source of infection.
10	59 „	15 „		1	Primary case, a female. Dress worn on return bad not been disinfected.
11	42 „	10 „	Enlarged tonsils.	1	Primary ca e, a male.
12	43 „	3 „	Sore finger nail —discharging.	3	Primary case, a female.
13	59 „	7 „	Discharge from nose.	1	Primary case, a male, played with secondary case, but did not reside in same house.