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These were treated in two wards amongst other 

 patients in the hospital. After ten days nine 

 these were passed on for isolation to a cottage 

 near, because new cases were still occurring at 

 Leopold House and because we wanted room in 

 the wards. During the time these thirty-five cases 

 were in the hospital, we bad some 200 patients in 

 residence. These included fourteen under five 

 years of age. The operations performed during 

 the whole period scarlet fever patients were in 

 hospital and in the same ward included : 



Removal of Urge portion of AstragaJeetony 3 



oapuU 1 Rmpywn* l 



Hernia (radical cure) . . . 13 Fracture of femur (treated) 1 



Cataract needled . 2 Bruised and torn hand and 



Osteotomy of femur ... 8 fingers 1 



:lt and adenoid* re- Removal of sequestrum . . 6 



moved 17 Rejection of nb 1 



Nerve grafting of facial nerve 3 Skin grafting 3 

 Suture of median nerve and Amputation of leg and 



eeparation of tendons . 1 tbigb 8 

 Mastoidectomy . . 1 -toroy (supra - pubic), 



4 stone 4} or 1 



f km* . ' ted fracture 1 



Movement of elbow joint . 4 Tendon grafting . 1 



Pa ratlin inject ion for bridge- Cleft palate . . 3 



less nose 2 Hammer toes 2 



Osteomyl t (upper iirotomy . 4 



end) . 1 



i all the time side by side v- \se scarlet 



r cases, the beds so near that the lads could 

 touch hands, 750 cubic feet being the space per 

 bed, a great contrast to 2000 in isolation hospitals. 



In no single instance haa there been any spread Special 



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of t cases in the ordinary way, 



