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infected house giving rise to ten "contacts." It was decided
to try to induce the ten inhabitants to submit to quarantine
for a period of 14 days. This they agreed to. The room
occupied by the patient was disinfected and stripped by the
Sanitary Inspector.
The arrangements for conflating, provisioning, &c., the
two families were entrusted to and were well find tactfully
carried cut by the Sanitary Inspector. During his marketing,
the Sanitary Inspector was supplied with margarine
instead of butter. With the help of the County Inspector
this fraud was verified and proceedings taken which resulted
in a conviction.
All contacts were vaccinated or re-vaccinated.
This outbreak shows how disease may be dissiminated.
being rapidly carried from one part of Europe to another
and producing foci of infection, apparently independent but
in reality connected.
In this instance the investigations of the Islington
Sanitary Officials and the prompt transmission of the results
of their inquiries to The Sanitary Officers of the respective
districts in which the contacts resided, enabled steps to be
taken which stamped out the threatened epidemic.
I should not like to conclude the above remarks without
making due acknowledgement of the very neighbourly
action of the Finchley Authority in receiving this case into
their Hospital for us, and mentioning my indebtedness to
their Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Prior, for his kindly
and courteous assistance all through.
SCARLET FEVER.
There were 22 cases notified (as compared with 60 in
1909). They were fairly evenly distributed in the three
Wards. 14 cases were removed to Hospital. There was
one death.