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After these nine, no fresh case occurred until 

 the following : 



10. Feb. 5, 1909. 15. May 11, 1909. 20. Aug. 5, 1909. 



1 1. Feb. 6, 1909. 16. May 11, 1909. 21. Aug. 21, 1909. 

 \-2. April 3. 1909. 17. June 19, 1909. 22. Sept. 9, 1909. 

 13. April 8, 1909. 18. Aug. 5, 1909. 23. Oct. 2, 1909. 



1 i. May 6, 1909. 19. Aug. 5, 1909. Oct. 5, 1909. 



Every caae had all the symptoms of scarlet fever pronounced, 

 followed by well-marked peeling. 



Perhaps I ought to direct special attention to 

 the fact that these occurred in eighteen different 

 cottages and in the receiving house. There were 

 three cases in the latter and in one of the cottar 

 while in both of these, as well as in anot 

 cottage, two cases occurred on the same day. 



None of these cases were isolated, for they 

 were, with one exception, with other children 

 all the time, and in ten days among 1300 

 other children. In June cases were seen by 

 some seventeen medical practitioners, who had an 

 opportunity of seeing the peeling towards the 

 end. These cases came from school, where they 

 had been, as all the others were, since ten days 

 after the appearance of the trouble. 



One of the above cases was a child of four 

 years of age. The symptoms appeared on the 

 day following her admission to the Home. The 

 temperature rose to 103*8, and the symptoms 

 were very severe. On the eleventh day, when 

 peeling most freely, she was seen by a scarlet 



