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cases were all complicated with Pneumonia or
Bronchitis, and occurred in the poorest streets.
This disease seems rarely fatal after the first year
of life, when due care is taken in the treatment.
Scarlet Fever.
104 cases have been notified, but not a single
death. The origin of the disease has been
approximately traced in a few cases, but the great
majority appeared to spring up spontaneously.
A.W. travelled with his mother from Norbiton
to Kingston in a carriage with a lady and child who
appeared to have come some distance. This lady
advised the mother who had entered the carriage
with A.W. to travel elsewhere, as her child was ill,
but the train started before there was time to
change. Three days later A.W. developed Scarlet
Fever.
B. sickened three days after wearing some new
underclothing purchased at a linen draper's. No
other cases seem to have been infected from this
source, but the particular garment may have been
the only article in the package sent to Kingston
that had been in an infected place. Other
purchasers may have washed the clothing before
using it, and this course is to be recommended to all
persons purchasing ready-made underclothing.
C. was notified as suffering from this disease
four days after the return of his brother from the
Scarlet Fever Convalescent Home. The brother
had been a patient in the Richmond Hospital,
where he contracted the disease three weeks after
leaving home. This child had been four weeks in
the Convalescent Hospital and there was no
possibility of infection by clothing, it having been
destroyed and new supplied. The child had been