Report on return cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria notified for the three years 1902, 1903 and 1904 / by F.M. Turner.

  • Turner, Frederick Meadows.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Report on return cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria notified for the three years 1902, 1903 and 1904 / by F.M. Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    APPENDIX. In the following Appendix are given further particulars of return cases of scarlet ■fever to which reference has been made in the various sections of the report, and following them are also shown in detail some of the most important tables dealt with in the report. ARRANGEMENT OF CASES. PAGE. J. Scarlatina bine Eruptione ... 78 II. Recrudescence of Infection ... 87 III. Long Interval Cases 97 IV. Series of Cases occurring in the same house at intervals ... 109 V. Invasion period protracted ... 114 Yl. Infection continued after Ehinorrhoea had ceased 119 VII. No morbid condition after discharge ... 122 VIII. Unrecognised Cases 127 IX. Coincidence Cases... 131 X. Home Disinfection 185 INDEX OF TABLES. SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF RETURN CASES. TABLE l’AGE. Showing in monthly periods, the number of discharges, and the percentage that were associated with the illness of “ return cases,” also the daily average number of patients under treatment ] 148 Showing in monthly periods, the number of admissions, and the percentage that, subsequent to discharge, were associated with the illness of “ return cases,” also the daily average number of patients under treatment ... o 148 Showing in monthly periods, the number of notifications, and the number of houses in which infection reappeared, after the return of the dis- charged patient b 149 PERIOD OF DETENTION. “All cases” 4-6 152-153 “ Infecting Cases ” 7 153 “ Infecting cases,” compared with “all cases” 8-12 154-155 ,5 „ „ ,, „ for each hospital 13-14 1 56-157 “Infecting cases,” compared with “ail cases,” calculated from data given in Professor Simpson’s report 15-18 158-159 Acute and Convalescent Hospitals. Percentage of “ infecting cases,” from Professor Simpson’s report 19 159 Discharges (from the Northern Hospital) showing the proportion transferred early and late 20 160 Discharges (from the Northern Hospital) showing the number of “ infecting cases,” among the early and late transfers 21 160 Showing at each period of detention, the number of “ infecting cases ” at the Acute and Convalescent Hospitals 22 160 Showing the average period of detention, before and after the transfer to the Northern Hospital ... 23 161 Showing the average period of detention of “all eases” since 1899, at the Acute and Convalescent Hospitals 24 162 I I