18 HOME TREATMENT AND 



The most careful separation of the infected 

 children and isolation of those who had been 

 exposed was carried out. 



The following table summarises the facts : 



These oases occurred in thirty-seven cottages, of which 



48 appeared as primary cases in the various cottages, some 



appearing in groups of two and three on the same 



day. 

 89 appeared in one or other of the above cottages, but with 



an interval of from nine to fifty days. 



6 appeared after an interval of six days. 

 1 on the fifth day. 



4 on the third or fourth day. 



7 within forty-eight hours of one another. 



95 



Borough! la conclusion, I would again emphasise most 

 strongly the great need for care and thoroughness 

 in carrying out the lines of treatment. Again 

 and again I have said to both most sensible 

 mothers and trained nurses, " Rub the patient 

 most carefully from the crown of the head to 

 the soles of the feet," only to hear on my subse- 

 quent visit and inquiry, "Oh, doctor, I did not 

 know you meant me to rub it into the roots of 

 the hair and the armpits," &c. With such an 

 omission, disaster would of necessity follow. The 

 eucalyptus oil must be rubbed carefully all over 

 the body, from the crown of the head to the soles 

 of the feet, both morning and evening for the 

 first four days, then once daily until the tenth 

 day ; the throat to be swabbed with carbolic oil 



