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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified was 186, the lowest figure recorded
since 1917. Of this number 80 were removed to Isolation Hospital
and 106 were nursed at home. One death occurred from this disease.
Cases of Scarlet Fever treated in hospital:—
Hospital.
Diagnosis correct
and cases treated
to a conclusion.
*Diagnosis
incorrect.
Fatal cases.
Number
of cases.
Average
stay in
Hospital
(days).
Number
of cases.
Average
stay in
Hospital
(days).
Number
of cases.
Average
stay in
Hospital
(days).
Southgate
72
22.4
3
11.7
1
11
Enfield and Edmonton
4
35.0
—
—
—
—
London Fever
4
40.5
—
—
—
—
L.C.C
—
—
1
12
—
—
* Notifications withdrawn.
Cases wrongly diagnosed were reclassified as follows:—Urticaria, 1;
Measles, 1; Tonsillitis, 1; no disease found, 1.
Cases of Scarlet Fever are removed to hospital on the recommendation
of the doctor in attendance or if the home conditions are such that
this is considered desirable.
Diphtheria.
The number of notified cases was 221, compared with 236 in 1937.
The number of cases removed to Isolation Hospital by the Council was
204; in addition, 6 cases occurring in a Tottenham Institution were
removed privately to the London Fever Hospital. 5 deaths occurred
from this disease,