Scarlet Fever Report
Produced by the
Public Health (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Public Health Intelligence
and published on
02 Feb 2023
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
This report provides a summary of the number of scarlet fever notifications received by the Infection Prevention and Control team (IPAC) this season. Notifications are received from General Practitioners (GP’s, including on-call doctors) or from the hospital.
Also included, is a summary of the number of primary care (GP) consultations for probable scarlet fever between 2015 and present. This is to show the historical pattern of scarlet fever illness on-Island.