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often requested to visit and syringe the ear or nose. Parents
are always advised as to treatment, and children suspected
to be infectious are kept at home and from association with
other children.
The hospital superintendents forward the names of any
children discharged while still suffering from rhinorrhœa.
41. Home Isolation. 12 certificates of efficient home
isolation were given to enable men to continue their employment
in the Arsenal, and so obviate unnecessary removal to
hospital, oompared with 13, 18, and 25, in the three preceding
years.
In the Annual Report for 1911 a comparison was made
between home and hospital isolation, showing that, whereas
there were only 1.6 per cent, of failures in home isolation,
there were 4.6 per cent. in hospital isolation. Failure means
the occurrence of secondary cases attributed to the primary
case.
42. Other sources of Infection. In addition to return
eases, a probable source of infection was found in 134 cases.
In 63 cases infection was attributed to other inmates of the
house. Some of these were never notified and had no
distinct symptoms of scarlet fever, but a history of sore
throats made it probable that they had had a slight attack
of this disease.
43. In 17 cases infection was attributed to friends and
neighbours, in 45 cases to school attendance, in 6 to the
Fever Hospital, and in 3 to other hospitals.