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The six cases of Scarlet Fever in July occurred among the children
attending the Camden Road School, four being in one class; I
examined all the children in this class, inspected the other children
in the School, and visited absentees at their homes.
A girl was removed to the Isolation Hospital on October 8th, 1919,
suffering from Scarlet Fever, and returned home on December 14th;
she had an operation for mastoid disease in November, but still had
discharge from the ear in February; her brother failed with Scarlet
Fever on February 4th.
A girl was removed to the Hospital on April 4th, suffering from
Scarlet Fever, and was discharged on June 14th; her brother and
sister failed with Scarlet Fever on August 27th and September 1st, and
the first patient was then found to be suffering from rhinitis and was
again removed to the Hospital.
A girl was removed to the Hospital on July 15th, suffering from
Scarlet Fever, and returned home on August 28th; she had no
symptoms of illness after her return, but two other inmates of the
house failed with Scarlet Fever, and a third with sore throat, between
October 11th and November 4th.
A boy was removed on September 3rd, suffering from Scarlet
Fever, and returned home on October 16th; he had no symptoms after
his return, but another child in the house failed with Scarlet Fever on
November 17th.
A boy was removed on November 15th, suffering from Diphtheria,
and returned home on December 13th ; another boy in the house failed
with Diphtheria on December 24th.
Eleven cases of Scarlet Fever were notified in December. On the
occurrence of three cases in a house in December, a boy who had
returned home from a boarding-school in another district was found
to be peeling from Scarlet Fever. No other source could be discovered
among the other seven patients who were notified in that month, except
that two of them were living in adjoining houses,