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Of the four cases at Roxby Place, the cause of the second
outbreak is not known. The first case occurred on January 30th,
and the second outbreak took place on February 28th, when two
persons were attacked with the disease. The fourth case, which
was reported on March 6th, was probably contracted from the
second outbreak, before the second case was reported. It is
probable that there was some infected article retained in the
house, which accidentally escaped disinfection, or it might be that
there was a common cause for the first and second outbreak.
Of two cases that occurred at Kidder's Place, the first had
been treated at home for several days before it was discovered.
The second person had contracted the disease three days before
any information was obtained of the first outbreak.
Of three cases which took place at a house in Caroline Place
and which were reported on February 13th, 25th and 26th, the
first case was not reported till after the fourth day of the illness,
or before the latter three patients had contracted the disease.
Of the three cases at Field Road, reported February 21st, 24th
and March 1st, all of the patients had caught the disease before
the first case was reported. There was said to have been a case
of chicken pox treated in the house some few weeks before. It
is more than probable that this was a modified case of smallpox,
and was the source from whence the other patients caught the
disease.
At Grove Terrace there were two cases reported, one on the
17th and the other on the 19th of March. Both of these patients
probably caught the disease from the same source.
There were four cases at a house in Church Street. The
second person who was attacked, was heard of through the death
returns on the 19th of March. Upon an inspection of the house
being made, it was discovered that there was another person in
the same dwelling who had recovered from the disease. The
third and fourth cases were reported on March 29th and 30th,
both of these had evidently contracted the disease before the
death of the first patient.
There were two cases at a house at North End Road, which
were reported on March 23rd. Both the patients caught the
disease about the same time and probably from the same source.
There were five cases at a house at Waldo Road, College Park,
which were reported on the 8th and 10th of March. They all
contracted the disease about the same time, and probably from
one common means of infection.
There were eight cases at a house called Archer Buildings in