====================================+===================================== MEASLES | SCARLET FEVER ------------+----------+------------+-------------+----------+------------ | | Per cent of| | | Per cent of Age Period | Number of| Total | Age Period | Number of| Total | Deaths | Deaths | | Deaths | Deaths ------------+----------+------------+-------------+----------+------------ All ages | 4302 | 100 | All ages | 4309 | 100 Under 1 yr. | 1058 | 24 | Under 1 yr. | 175 | 4 1-2 yr. | 1315 | 31 | 1-2 yr. | 474 | 11 2-3 yr. | 626 | 14 | 2-3 yr. | 639 | 15 3-4 yr. | 343 | 8 | 3-4 yr. | 640 | 15 4-5 yr. | 189 | 4 | 4-5 yr. | 511 | 12 5-9 yr. | 350 | 8 | 5-9 yr. | 1213 | 30 10-14 yr | 89 | 2 | 10-14 yr. | 315 | 8 Under 5 yr. | 3531 | 82 | Under 5 yr. | 2439 | 58 Under 15 yr.| 3970 | 92 | Under 15 yr.| 3967 | 92 Over 5 yr. | 771 | 18 | Over 5 yr. | 1870 | 42 Over 15 yr. | 332 | 8 | Over 15 yr. | 342 | 8 ============+==========+============+=============+==========+============ The table shows also that the dangerous age period for scarlet fever is later than for measles. It indicates that while 82 per cent of all deaths from measles are of children under five years of age, only 58 per cent of the deaths from scarlet fever are in that period; but that the number of deaths of the latter between five and nine years is so great that the percentage of deaths under fifteen is the same in both cases. The moral is plain, namely, that a child should be carefully protected from infection by measles until he is five years old and from scarlet fever until fifteen, if the danger to the child's life is to be reduced to a minimum. _After effects of scarlet fever and measles._ In themselves, these diseases may not be severe, children often having mild attacks of scarlet fever, called scarletina, and apparently suffering only from a cold, but exposure, by which a cold is developed either during or after the disease, may lead to serious troubles. Inflammation of the kidneys often occurs, which may develop into chronic Bright's disease and ultimately cause death. Inflammation of the ear is another incident of scarlet fever, in which abscesses are formed, resulting not infrequently in permanent deafness.