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returned from Hospital separate from susceptible persons for
a period of weeks, and (2) of refraining from visiting patients
in the Infectious Diseases Hospital except in the extremest
emergencies, and then only when the greatest precautions
have been taken to avoid contact with the patient.
A boy of 13 was found by the M.O.H. to be suffering
from a Tonsillar Diphtheria at the time of the routine
medical inspection.
Two patients came into the district while suffering from
the disease.
It was reported to the Sanitary Inspector that a child of
7 drank some water (which was not intended for drinking)
from the school playground four days before the case was
notified, and another child developed the disease four days
after having brought home a stray cat.
A girl admitted to a Tottenham Institution on 8th April,
was removed thence on 2nd May to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board Hospital suffering from Diphtheria. She
recovered and went home to Chiswick. On 4th November
she was readmitted to the Institution, and on 17th November
was removed to Chiswick suffering from Scarlet Fever. The
expense of nursing this patient during her first illness and the
cost of her removal when she contracted Scarlet Fever in the
second, consequently fell upon the Tottenham Council,
although her home was in Chiswick, and she came into
Tottenham for special treatment only.
A visitor from the Midlands paid severely for her
foolhardiness. Her child was brought to Tottenham