Repeated instances when rashes on children were considered to be trivial affairs instead of scarlet fever are coming to the attention of the State Board of Health. It is not always easy for a physician to diagnose scarlet fever so it is more difficult for a layman. Quite often the symptoms are so mild that they pass unnoticed. After a while the skin begins to peel and the hands and feet swell as a result of kidney complications which might have been avoided had proper care been taken.
For the above reason the State Board of Health is suggesting to people that they consider more seriously rashes occurring in children and that they make sure to request the physician to observe the child’s tongue to see if it is like a strawberry because this is one of the main points in diagnosis. Proper care will prevent many deaths from scarlet fever.
Very truly yours,
Dr. Jno W. Saine, County Quarantine Officer
From the front page of The Lincoln County News, Lincolnton, N.C., July 31, 1922
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