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M— Place is a court opposite to R— Place, which
is a short street, leading to B— Street, but no intercommunication
could be proved between the cases of Group
I. and those of Group II., except perhaps in the local public
house, which was (so it is reported) frequented in common,
as also a -general dealing shop at the corner of M—
Place.
The exact source of the first case (Joseph H.) of Group
II. could not be traced.
Group III.—John L. (age 26 years), living at a house in
Lower Kennington Lane, sickened with obscure symptoms
about August 12th, and eventually died without
the Medical man in attendance recognising the disease
as Typhoid Fever, although in all probability it was so,
as shewn by subsequent events. During his illness
and after death, his clothes, bedding, etc., were removed
from time to time to be washed, to 59, W—
Street,hismother-in-Iaw's house, and directly infected—
(1.) His mother-in-law, Matilda J. (age 47 years),
living at 59, W— Street;
(2.) A brother-in-law, Harry T. (age 15 years), living
at 59, W— Street;
(3.) A sister-in-law, Sophia J. (age 24 years), living at
59, W— Street; [and Sophia J. gave the
disease to a friend's child, Frank P. (age 4
years), living next door (61, W— Street);]
(4.) His wife, Matilda L. (age 26 years), who, after
her husband's death, went from the house in
Lower Kennington Lane to live with her mother
at 59, W— Street.