View report page

20
at the end of December, so that I received notice on January
3rd and 4th that cases had occurred at Nos. 20, 35, 7 and 1,
Wellington Street; as well as at No. 1, Hindle Street; 1, Middle
Street; and 8, John Street. The whole of these streets are contiguous,
and the children were all said to have visited at No. 6,
Wellington Street. On January 6th, a case occurred at No. 31,
and also at 130, Shacklewell Lane. On the 10th other children
were attacked at 6, Wellington Street, as well as on the 12th
and 13th, making altogether no less than 9 cases in this house.
On the 12th another case occurred at 1, Hindle Street;
5, Wellington Street; 3, Brown's Place; and 4, John Street. On
the 13th at 10, Wellington Street; on the 14that 1, Hindle Street
(3rd case); on the 17th at 51, Shacklewell Lane; on the 24th at
5, Wellington Street; on the 26th at 3, Wellington Street, and
5, Wellington Place. On February 10th two fresh cases
occurred at 3, Brown's Place; on the 12th at 6, Hindle Street;
on the 17th at 4 and 9, Shacklewell Row; on the 24th at 4,
John Street; on the 22nd at 110, Shacklewell Green; on the
24th at 6, 10, and 16, Brown's Place, which terminated the
epidemic, although another case happened at 1, Hindle Street
on March 1, and another on the 22nd at 29, Wellington
Street. The whole of these cases were removed as soon as
possible to the Hospital, and the houses and infected articles of
clothing and bedding disinfected, with I think most satisfactory
results. It will be seen that the first child attacked was
convalescent about 20th December, that the first outbreak (as
shown by the rash) occurred on January 3rd and 4th. That
cases kept on occurring in different houses, except No. 6,
where the child was treated at home, within less than a
fortnight after one another, indicating direct infection, until it
was stamped out in Wellington Street. On the 8th another outbreak
took place in Brown's Place, which is near to Wellington
Street, and the children were removed on the 10th. Three
other cases occurred in this place on the 24th, which were
removed immediately, and the disease ceased. Cases occurred at
1, Hindle Street on January 4th, 12th, 14th and March 1st.