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Scarlet Feyer.—The total number of cases of this disease
notified in Hackney during 1906 was 1,052, but of this number 55
were afterwards found not to be suffering from this disease. This
reduces the number of genuine cases notified to 997. This figure
shows a decline of 60 upon the number notified during 1905. The
attack rate for the year is 4.3 per 1,000 living persons.
With the exception of a rise in the number of notifications in the
first week in February, the incidence of the disease kept low until
the third week in September, when there was a considerable rise in
the notifications. This rise was maintained until the second week
in December, when a fall took place which continued to the end of
the year. These variations in the incidence of scarlet fever are
shown in the accompaning chart. The number of cases of scarlet
fever removed to hospital during the year was 924, which is equivalent
to over 87 per cent. of the total notified. The following table shows
the dates of removal of these cases in relation to the date of
notification:—

Total Cases Removed, 924.

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