SCARLET FEVER
DR. MAGUIRE’S REPORT For the most part during the past year, the scarlet fever wards at the Auckland Hospital have been crowded, but the type of infection has been mild and there have been few serious complications, states the annual report of the medical superintendent, Dr. C. E. Maguire, which is to be presented at the annual meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board this afternoon. According to the report, New Zealand is one of the few countries where there is a regulation enforced making the period of isolation in scarlet fever oases, six weeks. But this is now quite out of date, for it is recognised that in the cases of patients with no complications, a period of four weeks is sufficient. The extra two weeks’ stay in hospital entails considerable expense. In all 434 cases of scarlet fever were treated during the 12 months that ended on March 31. There were 301 cases of diphtheria, and 54 other cases of infection.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 976, 20 May 1930, Page 16
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164SCARLET FEVER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 976, 20 May 1930, Page 16
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