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the superintendence of the Sanitary Inspector he discovered
A. M. (grandmother of the children and in charge of them)
leaving the house with a parcel which contained the infected
clothing of C. S. She admitted to him that she intended taking
the articles to a pawnbroker.
Both A. M. and M. M., the persons in charge, admitted
that they knew the children had scarlatina.
Our investigations showed also that other 1 louses had
been infected by these cases, as the following facts will
show:—
C. S. at the commencement of his illness lived at one
house in Engleheart Road. He was then removed to a second
house in this street to live with his grandfather, who about
the 18th September removed with his family to a third house
in Engleheart Road, Meanwhile the people with whom he
had been living at the first house vacated their rooms.
G. S. at the beginning of her illness lived in Beacon
Road, but was subsequently removed to the above mentioned
second house in Engleheart Road, after which Mr. C. with
whom she lived vacated the rooms and removed to another
house in Beacon Road.
The live houses mentioned were disinfected; also classroom
G at Plassy Road School was thoroughly disinfected by
us on Wednesday, October 2nd. Every assistance was given
by the Schoolkeeper to our Officers, and consequently there
was no disturbance of the ordinary school routine.
Proceedings were instituted against A. M. for wilfully
exposing the children whilst suffering from scarlet fever. The
defendant pleaded ignorance and stated that in her earlier
days no notice was taken of such diseases. The magistrate