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!y guiltless. < )iu- .striking point has, however, 



been brought to my notice, v urn convinced 



deserves at It is somewhat new, and yet 



a certain that in many cases it may be regarded 



as a rera ccuua in regard to scarlet fever and other 



us. 



ive already given some details regarding the 

 scarlet fever outbreak at Leopold House one of our 

 Lot mes, I may reiterate, in which there are 



about 300 boys aged from eight to fourteen years. 

 iy la.l in the Home was repeatedly and 

 very carefully inspected lest any case had escaped 

 observation. There was apparently no milk infec- 

 One day, however, I went to the house and 

 asked the master if there was any special group 

 of lads among which he thought more cases oc- 

 ii amongst others. After a little thought 

 he replied : " Yes, we have more oases among the 

 I may say that several of the boys in 

 m Home are 1 musically, and the bagpipes 



are among the instruments taught This state- 

 ment gave me a clue. Each lad was accustomed, 

 I found, to use indifferently any one set from 

 among the several sets of bagpipes ; consequei 



8 bagpipes were continually passing from one to 

 the ot 1 the mouthpieces were not mean- 



while disinfected. Can one conceive of a more 

 cly cause of infection ? Doubtless the secretions 

 of the at least at first, form the very best 



