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scholars from the school immediately ceased getting affected.
The water and milk supply was good and beyond suspicion. The
accommodation was quite the reverse, and, in my opinion, the
house is unsuitable for the large number of boys attending the
school.
The second outbreak commenced on May 31st, when four cases
were notified from Foster Street, all attending the British
Schools. On June 4th, two cases were notified, one from 6,
Foster Place, and one from Bell Vue Road, both attending at the
same school. On the 7th another case was notified from 3, New
Brent Street, the boy attending at the National Schools, but the
Sunday School at the British Schools. It will be seen later that
this case was connected with the originator of the outbreak.
I visited the British Schools, having previously sent written
certificates to the teachers as the cases occurred. I found that of
the five cases only two were in the same standard, and two cases
were in the Infant School, which was entirely shut off from the
rest of the School. This did not look as if the School was the source
of infection. I gave strict instructions to the head teacher to
closely examine the children. In the afternoon I was called suddenly,
and found that Mr. Butler had isolated two boys for my inspection.
These boys had that day attended school for the first time
for 19 days and were peeling freely with scarlet fever. On investigating
the easel found the following history. A month previous a
younger child, three and-a-half years old, "sickened with measles."
A week later the two boys just mentioned, and who were of the
same family, sickened with some complaint, which the mother put
down as measles also. They came out in a rash, but no doctor
was sent for. They were ill a few days, and then sent out as
well, and up to the day they were found (a period of three weeks)
were parading the streets peeling freely with scarlet fever, but
did not go to school. To make matters worse, one of the boys
invested in a mouth organ and gave other children the pleasure of
blowing it, and at the same time doubtless of contracting scarlet