Yes. While it's not the major killer it was in the 19th and 20th century, it is still around today. In fact, in the last decade, it’s had a bit of a resurgence. The rate of scarlet fever cases tripled between 2013 to 2014 in England and Wales, according to a 2017 paper published in the Lancet Journal of Infectious Diseases . The paper's authors say the incident rate spiked higher than it had in the last 50 years, ultimately affecting one in 500 children under age 10.