presented doubtful characters; these were not returned as scarlet fever, but, as I was of opinion that they were allied in their origin to scarlet fever, I acted on this principle, and they wcro treated in a separate building with special attendants. There

can

case, and

distinguish to

SCARLATINA IX INDIA. Sanitary Commissioner with 1871, that 110 admissions and 17 deaths from Scarlet fever took place among the children of soldiers of the European Army in India during the year. The distribution of the disease by stations "was as follows :?Dinapore, 1 admission ; Meean Meer, 37 admissions and 6 deaths; "We

gather

from the

report

of the

the Government of India for the year

Sealkote, 12 admissions and 1 death ; Jullundur, 19 admissions deaths; Umballa, 1 admission and 1 death; Deolalee (Bengal troops,) 1 admission and 1 death; Deolalee, (Bombay troops,) 1 admission and 1 death; Aden, 17 admissions and no death (dengue) ; Kirkee, 10 admissions and 2 deaths; Kamptee, 3 admissions and 1 death ; Bangalore, 8 admissions and 1 death. The Sanitary Commissioner remarks on the small mortality, and it is quite possible that cases of dengue may surmises that and 3

"

have been returned

factory

as

scarlet fever."

It would have been satis-

had some account been furnished of the

circumstances of the disease in each case, but in this other

part of

this

bulky report,

statements abound

on

while statistical and

every page, there is

an

origin as

and

in every

numerical

entire absence of

regarding the causation or conditions of disease. following particulars regarding the prevalence of this the disease in the 44th Regiment were communicated by not to the the of officer medical given) corps" (name Sanitary any information The

"

Commissioner for Madras:? Scari/rt Fever.?This disease would to India with us from home.

appear to have been

brought

the spring and summer of 1871, there were ono of scarlet fever, among the children of the regiment, and on board the Ship Malabar, which conveyed the regiment to India, one child was attacked with a scarlet eruption, and slight sore throat. The ease at the time was considered to be one of scarlet fever and was isolated; tho child, however, recovered completely in a day or two, and no subsequent desquamation of the cuticle occurred. About ten days after this, one of tho soldiers was attacked with sore throat, without any scarlet eruption on the body. He was taken on with the regiment as far as Deolalee, where he was left as he complained of great debility. In this case, which was shown as tonsillitis, there was no eruption, but the cuticle afterwards entirely desquamated. A woman also was suddenly attacked en route from Bombay to Deolalee with sore throat, accompanied with high fever; she was left behind at that station. By her own account, she had afterwards a scarlet'eruption over the body, and the cuticle subsequently entirely desquamated. Four men, one woman, and three children were admitted into hospital here on account of this disease, and one of the children died. In all these cases the disease was undoubtedly scarlet fever, but there were also a number of other cases which At home,

or two cases,

during

_

we

be

110

doubt of the nature of the disease in this

trust that in all cases medical officers

between scarlatina and

dengue,

separate these diseases in their returns.

are

able to

and -will be careful