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their companions in their respective cottages. 



They also attended, with 1300 other children, 



.t restriction, both day school and church. 



a local medical officer of health watched the 

 progress of utment with the keenest interest. 



1 requested the local secretary of the British 

 Medical Association to invite all members, as 

 well as other medical men of the ti to 



call at the village and inspect the oases any 

 Thursday, or Saturday, when I was 



Attendance. Other medical officers of health, 

 also a class of students in public health, 

 visited and inspected these cases. The ages of 

 the patients were from eight to sixteen years. 

 The cottages in which they lived were widely 

 apart from one another. In every instance 

 the symptoms were definite from the beginning, 

 and in the latter stages every single case had w 

 marked peeling. I have embodied certain dates 

 and comments in the subjoined table : 



DaU of Attack. OM.NOU* Condition a. to 



Peeling. 



1 N vember 2, 1908. Severe throat and rath. Heavy. 



2. November 5, 1906. Slight at first, then well K r- - >. . 



marked. 



3. November 5, 1906. Throat and rash severe. Heavy. 



4. November 10. 1906. Well marked. Freely. 



member 10, 1906. 

 6. November IS, 1908. 



.vember IS, 1906, 



Heavy. 

 9. December 12, 1906. Moat sever*. Very heavy 



