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SCARLET FEVER.
The number of cases notified during the year was 367. Of these, 67
were removed to hospital, the remainder being nursed at home. There
were no fatal cases.
Of the 67 cases removed to Hospital, 1 occurred within a Residential
School outside the district and was accepted as being chargeable to
Tottenham, 1 was a Wardmaid of the Fever Hospital whose usual place of
residence was in the district, and 5 were wrongly diagnosed, 2 being cases
of Measles, 2 of Erythema and 1 " not Scarlet Fever."
The number of cases treated at home by the Council's Nurses was 295.
the particulars being as follows:—
245 premises in which 1 case occurred = 245 cases.
16 premises in which 2 cases occurred = 32 cases.
2 premises in which 3 cases occurred = 6 cases.
3 premises in which 4 cases occurred = 12 cases.
266 premises. 295 cases.
Multiple Home Cases, 1924:—
No. occurring within 1 week after previous case 13*
2 weeks ,, ,, 6
„ „ 3 „ „ 7†
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„ „ 5 „ ,, ,, 2
„ „ 6 „ „ „ -
„ „ 7 „ „ „ -
„ „ 8 „ „ „ 1
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*In 5 of these instances, dual notifications were received simultaneously,
and in 1 instance triple notifications,
†In one instance, dual notifications were received simultaneously.