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Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS). [3] It most commonly affects children between five and 15 years of age. [1] The signs and symptoms include a sore throat, fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and a characteristic rash. [1]
Westhulme Hospital, formerly known as Westhulme Fever Hospital, was an institution in Oldham, England. At one time a hospital for infectious diseases , it later became a site used by several health-related organisations.
The hospital was the gift of Mrs Ann Alderson Lambert, the last surviving daughter of Francis Kendray, a linen manufacturer. It was initially conceived as a fever hospital and the foundation stone was laid by the Mayor of Barnsley in March 1889. Barnsley Corporation provided the eleven acre site on Measborough Hill. [1]
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These bacteria cause group A streptococcal infections (Strep A or iGAS) and scarlet fever. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the UK, 516 deaths from iGAS have been recorded, of which 61 were children, 52 in England , [ 3 ] five in Wales , [ 4 ] three in Scotland , [ 5 ] and one in Northern Ireland .
Scarlet fever is also a non-invasive infection caused by GAS, although much less common. The invasive infections caused by Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus tend to be more severe and less common. These occurs when the bacterium is able to infect areas where bacteria are not usually found, such as blood and organs. [8]
After the London Fever Hospital was established in 1802, six more hospitals were established in London by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.These were designed with two separate buildings – one for smallpox patients and one for sufferers from other infectious diseases: cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, typhus and whooping cough.
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