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I have related our routine method of administration in cases
of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in other reports. It would take
too much space to record here the detailed enquiries into the different
groups of cases during the year. The summary of the work is as
follows:—
As the result of examination of children in the different schools
in the district, public and private, it was found necessary to exclude
414 scholars. Of these 142 had rhinorrhoea, 24 were desquamating,
105 had sore throats and 7 enlarged glands. Absentees visited at
home for suspicious illness were 404, and children inspected before
return to school after exclusion were 310. The total number of
swabs taken from diphtheria contacts was 322. House-to-house
visitation was made in certain streets to search for overlooked cases.
Approximately the families in about 200 houses were examined and
in this way a number of children with suspicious symptoms of
previously overlooked illness were discovered.
As regards the incidence of Scarlet Fever on school children,
60 of the notified cases attended elementary schools on the South side,
and of these 27 were infant scholars. On the North side there
were 19 elementary school scholars (7 infants). Two scholars
attended the County School and 7 private schools.