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A Milk-Spread Epidemic of Scarlet Fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. Douglas ,
J. Smith ,
I. N. Sutherland  and
R. J. P. Watson
E. Douglas
Affiliation:
Medical Officer of Health, Moray and Nairn County
J. Smith
Affiliation:
Regional Bacteriologist, Aberdeen
I. N. Sutherland
Affiliation:
Medical Officer, Department of Health for Scotland
R. J. P. Watson
Affiliation:
Divisional Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture
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The following account of a milk-spread epidemic of scarlet fever in the burgh of Elgin may be of interest to those who are at times faced with similar problems.

HISTORY

The number of cases of scarlet fever notified in the burgh each year from 1920 to 1938 is given in Table 1. This table also shows that the periods of

Table 1. Scarlet fever notifications, 1920–38

maximal incidence, centring on 1921, 1926 and 1934, are related roughly to the periods of maximal incidence of all cases in the area, which area includes the counties of Moray and Nairn and the burghs situated within the counties. A prolonged epidemic occurred in the whole area from 1933 to 1935, the age distribution of cases at different stages of that epidemic (Douglas, 1935) being given in Table 2. It is regretted that present circumstances do not permit of a more detailed analysis of the age and sex distributions of this epidemic. There was no evidence that the disease was spread by milk.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 41 , Issue 5-6 , December 1941 , pp. 543 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1941

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