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child was stung between the shoulders by a strange insect, about 

 eight o'clock in the evening, and at the same time an adult member 

 of the same family was bitten in the same way. The sting was accom- 

 panied by a very sharp pain and was probably the bite of some species 

 of Tabanus, although it may possibly have been Stomoxys or some 

 other biting insect. Two horses were kept in a dry clean stable at the 

 rear of the house. 



No sickness or disease among domestic animals was discovered. 

 In two instances the fathers weie teamsters, and in one, two older 

 boys in the family were also teamsters. Another home was situated on 

 a dirty, narrow court open to a freight yard of the Boston and Maine 

 Railroad where various cars were stored at the time of our visit. 



Newton. Population approximately 40,000. 



Newton is in IMiddlesex County seven miles west of Boston, on the 

 Charles River and the line of the Boston and Albany Railroad. It 

 contains the residences of many pe'-sons engaged in business in Boston, 

 and is thus in close contact with the latter both by i ail way and road 

 traffic, while to the westward its railroads and highways pass on to 

 Worcester and Springfield. Its industries are varied, including the 

 manufacture of foundry products, paper, print cloth, boots and shoes, 

 glue, dyes, ink and soap. A part of the town is quite rural in character. 



Four cases occurred here, giving an incidence of (.10) per 1,000. 

 In one case, which occurred on the outskirts of the town, several cows 

 were reported to have been lame in the hind quarters two months 

 before the child was taken sick'. These cows belonged to a dairy 

 and were pastured in a field adjoining the house where the patient 

 lived, and frequently escaped into the back yard of this house. No 

 further information concerning the cows could be obtained and they 

 had presumably recovered completely. 



In the house occupied by a second case in the thickly settled resi- 

 dential part of the town, a cat was kept, but had not been sick. Asso- 

 ciated with each case was the usual series of domestic insects, including 

 mosquitoes and biting flies. 



Winchester. Population approximately 9,000. 



Winchester is in Middlesex County, eight miles northwest of Boston 

 on the line of the Boston and Maine Railroad, not far from Woburn. 

 It is also connected with Woburn, Lowell, and Boston, as well as with 

 other nearby towns, by frequent trolley service. It is principally 

 engaged in tanning and the manufacture of furniture, parts of the 

 town being well settled, but the rest quite sparssly populated. 



Two case occurred here, giving an incidence of .22 per 1,000 of popu- 



