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On November 20th, another ease was notified to me,
but I found on enquiry that the child had been ailing since
the 15th or 16th, so she evidently belonged to the same
group as those of November 18th, and who all probably
contracted it at the same time from the visit to school on
November 11th, of the Ditton boy, who at that time was
peeling on his hands, he himself presumably having contracted
it in school from the first case, that of October
25th. As a consequence of my inspection, I advised the
school managers to close the Infant School for purposes
of disinfection, and to avoid the aggregating together of
children of a very susceptible age during the period in
which it might be expected further cases would appear if
the infection had spread. This advice was accepted and
acted upon, and the school remained closed for the remainder
of the term, and was re-opened on January 6th
of this year.
Pursuing my enquiries, I found at the house where
the young man lived who attended the surgery with
scarlatina a child of four years of age. This child was
taken ill on October 28th, and remained at home from
school till November 8th, when she returned. From
enquiries and personal examination I was satisfied that
she had undoubtedly had the disease, and she was peeling
when I saw her. No doctor had attended her. She clearly
had communicated the disease to the lad, who on November
15th appeared at the surgery.
On November 26th, a young nurse at the Cottage
Hospital was found to be ill. The next day it was
ascertained she had scarlatina, so was removed to the
Isolation Hospital. I can connect her in no very certain
way with any of these cases.