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together with certain cases of measles, whooping cough, puerperal fever, trench
fever, malaria and dysentery.
The cases certified as scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever, puerperal fever
and cerebro-spinal fever, numbered 763, and the number of those removed to hospital,
mainly to the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board was 756 or 99 per cent.
RETURN CASES.
The following came under observation during the year:—
Florry W , age three years, of 35, L——- Street, was removed to hospital
with diphtheria on December 20th, 1923; subsequently she was certified to have
scarlet fever on February 25th, 1924, and she returned home on March 31st following.
Louisa B , aged four, of the same address, fell ill on April 3rd and was removed
to hospital on April 5th as a case of diphtheria, and Doris W , aged six, fell ill
on the 9th and was removed on the 10th, also as a case of diphtheria.
Albert M , aged five years, of 86, H Street, was removed to hospital
on February 2nd suffering from scarlet fever, returning home on April 26th. On
May 5th Charles M , aged three, of the same address, fell ill and was removed to
hospital with scarlet fever the following day. Albert seemed quite well on his return ;
he had no discharges from either his nose or his ears and nothing was noticed as
regards his skin.
James C , aged two years, of 119, W Street, was certified to have
diphtheria and removed to hospital on February 2nd, returning home on May 28th.
Fred C , aged 11, of same address, fell ill on June 1st and was removed to hospital
certified as a case of scarlet fever. Henry F , aged nine, a playmate of Fred
C 's, of the same address, was certified and removed to hospital as suffering from
diphtheria. Subsequently, on June 12th, this case was certified to be one of scarlet
fever. On June 13th, Ivy F , aged 10, was removed from the same address,
certified as a case of diphtheria. Her case was afterwards regarded as possibly one
of scarlet fever. The mother stated that James C on his return had a few
pimples with mattery heads on his face and a slight nasal discharge. He was
examined on June 25th but there was no signs of anything then.
Amelia S , aged 10, of 11, W Road, was certified and removed to hospital
on July 14th with scarlet fever, returning home on September 10th. It was noticed
that there was a little soreness about her nostrils but otherwise she seemed quite well
on her return. WiJliam S , aged two, fell ill on September 11th and was removed
to hospital with scarlet fever on September 21st, and subsequently Eva L ,
aged 10, Henry S , aged five, and Lillian S , aged four, sickened respectively
on 24th, 26th September, and 1st October. The indications pointed to Amelia
being the source of infection, and she was returned to hospital for treatment of
her nose.