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chronic otorrhoea. Wlu-n these were seen by 

 medical officers of health, one said : " This is 

 marvellous. To think that I was so long in 

 of a scarlet fever hospital, and in spite of all 1 

 could do, and keeping the children seven and eight 

 weeks, to find a fresh outbreak on their return 

 home ; yet here, before our eyes, we see case a 

 case in cottages with from sixteen to t -four 



others, mingling freely with one another all the 

 time, and, after a few days, with 1300 other chil- 

 dren, both iii school and at church. Our system 

 of treatment seems absolutely ridiculous, with 

 expense, its labour, and worry, in contrast to this 

 simple plan ; and yet the efficacy of this plan is 

 beyond question." 



Anexpe- I cannot resist including the following impor- 



.7,1,!',^ tant testimony : 



On February 26, 1909, Dr. Charlotte Y 

 resident medical officer in our " Babies' Castle " 

 Home, Hawkhurst, Kent, wrote that they had an 

 outbreak of scarlet fever, and that she was ti < 

 ing the patients on the lines I advised. She wrote, 

 on March 3rd : " We have had six definite cases of 

 scarlet fever. The first was a servant girl on 

 February 24th 2, 3, 4 on February 27th, 5 an- 

 on March 3rd. The six were nursed together in 

 the babies' room, being sent there as soon as they 

 were found, the nurse attending to the other 

 children at the same time. On March 10th the 



