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The cases were most numerous in the northern portion of Shoreditch South and
the eastern half of the Haggerston registration sub-districts.
A general idea as to the situation of the houses invaded can be obtained from the
sketch map which is appended. The red dots thereon indicate the houses invaded
during the period A, the black those invaded during the period B ; the situation of the
premises of the milk vendors amongst whose customers the cases mainly occurred are
indicated at VI., P., J. and D. The shops of the other vendors of X's milk, amongst
whose customers fewer cases occurred, are not located on the map; they are situate as
follows:—one in Fanshaw Street, two in East Road, one in St. John's Road, one in
Charles Square, one in Cliff Street, two in Hoxton Street, one in Pownall Road, one in
the Broadway, London Fields, one in Goldsmith Row, one in Luke Street, one in
Kingsland Road, one in Union Street, one in Tuilerie Street, one in Harwar Street,
one in Pearson Street, one towards the south end of Columbia Road, liethnal Green,
and one in Brick Lane, Bethnal Green. It may be mentioned that in connection with
the scarlet fever cases occurring during the period April 22nd to May 11th, there were
some 89 milk vendors supplying milk to the invaded houses, and of these 22 were
supplying X's milk. Appended will also be found a table giving the names of the
streets, the numbers of the hout.es invaded in each street during the two periods A and
13, those to which X's milk was supplied being indicated by darker type, and the
numbers of cases of scarlet lever occurring in each street.
The distribution of the houses invaded was as follows : during the period A in
Shoreditch South there were 30, in Hoxton New Town,6, in Hoxton Old Town 8, and
in Haggerston 83 ; of the houses in Shoreditch South 23 received XV milk, of those in
Hoxton New Town 4 received it, and the numbers for Hoxton Old Town and
Haggerston were 6 and 60 respectively. During the period B of seven houses invaded
in Shoreditch South none received X's milk, of 4 in Hoxton New Town one received
the milk, of 4 in Hoxton Old Town the number was one, and in Haggerston X's milk
was taken at 7 out of the 28 houses invaded during this period.
As can be seen from the map the houses invaded were most numerous towards the
eastern border of the Borough, that adjoining Bethnal Green. The area more
especially affected during the period A. is that lying to the south of the Regents Canal,
and the east of the Kingsland Road. The houses invaded may be roughly grouped
along two lines, one continuing Shoreditch High Street northwards, about halfway
along that portion of the Kingsland Road within Shoreditch, and the other following the
course of the Hackney Road and Goldsmith Row.
There were however a number of
houses invaded in the Borough elsewhere, and in the subjoined table the invaded
houses are grouped for comparison during the periods A. and B.:—