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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 45.Scarlet Fever—Multiple Cases, 1937.

TABLE No. 45.

Scarlet Fever—Multiple Cases, 1937.

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 occurred7911715182422283528133059306306
2 cases occurred1-1113432122342856
3 „ „----2-11-2--141133
4 „ „------11------28
5 „ „-------------115
Total houses8912818213027303830153468348408
Military Cases-8-12-----------20
428

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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 four weeks
in hospital.

Table: TABLE No. 46.Scarlet Fever—Return Cases, 1937.

TABLE No. 46.

Scarlet Fever—Return Cases, 1937.

No. in Register.Date Admitted to Hospital. 1937.Date Discharged. 1937.Total Days in Hospital.Onset of Secondary Case. 1937.Remarks on Primary Case.
78March 9thMay 4th57May 21st—
102April 1stMay 4th34
83March 19thApril 10th22April 15th—
93April 2ndApril 24th23May 2nd—
125May 2ndMay 26th25June 4th—
138May 14thJune 8th26June 13thDesquamation not complete.
153May 30thJune 23rd25June 30th—
238August 25thSeptember 18th25October 9th—