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January and discharged on 12th March. Her condition was
such as to cause the Medical Superintendent to suspect
Typhus, hut not sufficient to justify notification. In view of
subsequent events, however, it is very possible that her illness
may have been due to that disease.
Case 3. J. H., boy, aged 7, of 2, Poplar Street, halfbrother
of Case 2, was admitted to the Infirmary on 11th
February with symptoms also suggestive of Typhus but very
indefinite in character. See Case 5.
Case 4. N. A., female, aged 35 years, of 8, Sabberton
Street, was taken ill on 17th February, was seen by the
District Medical Officer on 20th February and admitted to the
Infirmary on 22nd February. On 27th February she was
notified to be suffering from Typhus. The family (husband,
wife, and five children), occupying three rooms, use two and
sleep in one room. Husband has had no regular work for
five years and is now out of work, the wife earns a little by
pawning for neighbours, but appears to indulge in drink and
neglect home and children. Scarcely any furniture and
bedding filthy. After the subsequent removal of the family
the bedding was destroyed, and the whole premises disinfected.
A family consisting of husband and wife and three children
occupying the ground floor, although extremely poor owing to
want of work, exhibited clean rooms and clothing and were
not attacked.
Case 5. J. W. H., aged 58, of 10, Smith Street, father of
Case 3, a general labourer out of work, removed to above
address from 2, Poplar Street. He was taken ill on 12th
March, removed to the Infirmary on 15th March, notified on
16th and died on 23rd March. D.B. (Case 2), returned to
10, Smith Street, on 12th March, but her step-father was
taken ill before her arrival. It appears, however, that Mrs. H.