Medical and surgical reports . the public healththan the severe. The positive diagnosis of a mild case isalways difficult, and in some instances impossible. In Boston,for the past fifty-eight years, the ratio of deaths from scarletfever per 10,000 of the living has varied from to . 1889 the lowest rate, that of .53, was reached. In thenext year the rate was .94 per 10,000. Why in these twoyears there should be such an astonishingly low rate cannotbe explained. A study of Chart 1, which shows the ratio ofdeaths from scarlatina per 10,000 of the living for sevenyears, 1892 to 1-898, i
Medical and surgical reports . the public healththan the severe. The positive diagnosis of a mild case isalways difficult, and in some instances impossible. In Boston,for the past fifty-eight years, the ratio of deaths from scarletfever per 10,000 of the living has varied from to . 1889 the lowest rate, that of .53, was reached. In thenext year the rate was .94 per 10,000. Why in these twoyears there should be such an astonishingly low rate cannotbe explained. A study of Chart 1, which shows the ratio ofdeaths from scarlatina per 10,000 of the living for sevenyears, 1892 to 1-898, inclusive, shows that there has been amarked diminution in the past four years, which can only beexplained by the fact that more cases liave been treated inthe hospital than in previous years. A comparison of the ratio of mortality from scarlatina per10,000 of the living, with that from diphtheria and tyi)hoidfever may be of interest. Chart 2 shows the mortalityratios of these diseases for seven years, 1892 to 1898, >- o?£ omedicalsurgicalr10bost
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