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from a house situated in the Borough of Southwark, whereinno
Diphtheria was at that time, nor has been since,
up to the date of this Report, reported to exist) called to
see him. It was found, however, that from April 13th to April
28th, 1905, he had been in the School Infirmary suffering from
certified "Stomatitis and Catarrh," having been removed thither
from C South Block, whither he returned when convalescent on
April 28th, direct from the Infirmary. Further enquiries elicited
the fact that Joseph J. Tipper, whilst in the Infirmary, occupied
a bed in the Lower (Boys') Ward, and that from April 22nd to
April 35th a boy named Willie Jarvis (aged 4 years) occupied
the adjoining bed. Bacteriological examination of the throat of
Willie Jarvis showed modified (involuted) Klebs-Lœffler and
pseudo-diphtheria bacilli, and also a few doubtful Vincent's
organisms—all indistinguishable from these found in the throat of
Joseph J. Tipper. The throats and noses of other members of
the Jarvis family, who were at the time in the Lambeth Schools,
were examined bacteriologically on several different occasions,
with the following results:—
Name. Age.
Harry Jarvis 8 years
Alice Jarvis 6 years
Rose Jarvis 12 years
Result of Examination.
Modified (involuted) diphtheria
bacilli and Vincent's organisms.
? Modified (involuted) diphtheria
bacilli.
? Modified (involuted) diphtheria
bacilli.
Further, of the remaining members of the same Jarvis family, the
mother, father, and newly-born baby were traced to the Lambeth
Workhouse (situated at the opposite end of the Borough, and
about 3-4 miles from the Norwood Schools), and their throats
and noses on bacteriological examination gave the following
results:—
Name. Age.
James Jarvis 32 years
Mary Jarvis 38 years
Sarah Jarvis 4 months
Result of Examination.
Negative.
Modified (involuted) diphtheria
bacilli.
Klebs-Lœffler bacilli (pure
cultivation).
It was clear, therefore, from the bacteriological examinations,
that the source of infection of diphtheria and Vincent's Angina
or ulcerative stomatitis was the Jarvis family—the mother having,