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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Woolwich 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 45. Scarlet Fever—Multiple Cases.

TABLE No. 45. Scarlet Fever—Multiple Cases.

Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Avery Hill.Sherard.Total Houses.Total Cases.
Number of houses in which
1 case occurred147261516321957264628274178432432
2 cases occurred5-451739223341159118
3 „ „----15-3-1--11133
4 „ „11-28
Total houses197302018452269284931304690504591
Military Cases-5-13-----------18
609

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Return Cases.—The following Table No. 46 shows the number of return cases,
the dates of admission to hospital, and the dates of discharge from hospital. It will
be noted that in most of these cases the primary case was less than five weeks in

Table: TABLE No. 46.Scarlet Fever—Return Cases, 1936.

TABLE No. 46.

Scarlet Fever—Return Cases, 1936.

No. in Register.Date Admitted to Hospital.Date Discharged.Total Days in Hospital.Onset of Secondary Case.Remarks on Primary Case.
1936.1936.1936.
89February 13thMarch 14tli31April 2ndNasal discharge.
151March 14thApril 10th28May 7 th—
162March 22ndApril 30th39May 4th—
178March 29thJune 13th77June 20th—
209April 15thJuly 19th96July 26th—
223April 28thMay 19 th22June 13 th July 2nd—
250May 11thJune 6th26June 25th—
257May 15 thJuly 15th62July 30th—