[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 15

Shoreditch 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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RETURN CASES.

During the year 17 instances where "return" cases of scarlet fever occurred came under observation. The particulars are briefly as follows: —

Number of Cases.	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 cases resulting from Primary case.	Remarks.
1	108 days	9 days	Discharge from nose and ears	1	Primary case, a male. Discharges came on after return home.
2	59 „	14 „		1	Primary case, a male.
3	108 „	2 „	Scab on one nostril	3	,, ,,
4	121 „	21 „	Discharge from nose	1	Primary case, a male. Discharge was observed the day of his return home.
5	40 „	4 „		1	Primary case, a male. Doubtful as to case being Scarlatina.
6	47 „	13 „	Chronic enlarged tonsils	1	Primary case, a female.
7	47 „	2 „	Desquamation noticed	1	,, male.
8	118 „	17 „	Onychia right big toe, discharge from nose, Eczema behind right ear	1	,, male.
9	104 „	23 „	Sore nostrils, discharge from nose	1	,, female.
10	48 „	19 „	Slight desquamation on feet	2	Primary case, a female. Had Psoriasis on return from hospital.
11	54 „	7 „	Discharge from right ear	1	Primary case, a male.
12	49 „	4 ,,	Discharge from nose	1	,, ,,
13	50 ,,	16 „		1	,, ,,
14	96 „	4 „		1	,, ,,
15	60 „	12 „	Discharge from left ear	1	,, ,,
16	42 „	6 „	Slight discharge from nose	1	Primary case, a female. Discharge from nose came on after return home.
17	71 „	9 „	Slight desquamation, discharge from nose, with soreness	1	Primary case, a male. Sore nose noticed about two days after return home, discharge subsequent to it.