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milk carried to the family; but they who carried it were not to 
come near them, but pour it into a ^ skeele ’ to be set out for the 
purpose. An intimation was given to the Aldermen of Leeds, 
that one Powell, a metal-man who dealt there, had had much 
dealing with Smith. 
Towards the close of the month of January, the alarm sub¬ 
sided. Those persons who had been under restraint for having 
had intercourse with Smith’s family, were set at liberty upon 
taking the prescribed oath, and upon condition that they should 
go abroad sparingly. 
Several families in Blakestreet, Barker-Hill, and other parts 
of the city, and even those in St. Lawrence church-yard, and 
without Walmgate Bar, were no longer kept in durance. But 
it ^vas premature to conclude that the poison had been 
thoroughly eliminated from that unfortunate quarter. In the 
month of march, a child died in Walmgate. Alderman Lawne 
was directed to institute a strict inquiry, upon oath, as to the 
circumstances attending the child’s death—how long it had been 
sick—when the rising of the breast first appeared—and the 
manner of the swelling and the sickness—whether it had any 
scouring-T-whether the family had had any dealings with, or 
bought any clothes or other things of any person lately infected 
—or could suppose or suspect how the child might have come 
by any infection. 
The cleanser was ordered to view and bury the corpse, wdiich 
was to be carried to the grave-side by those of the family. The 
father of the child, and those who visited his house, were shut 
up. 
This is the last recorded case of death by the infection. 
During the months of April and May, those who had been shut 
up, were from time to time released, and most of those wdio had 
been sent to the lodges were allowed to return to their dwellings, 
but were to be watched for a month. Finally, the services of 
the cleanser were no longer necessary, and he w’as sent home. 
It was not until the beginning of June, that the widow and 
family of Richard Smith, wdiose death had been the cause of so 
much uneasiness, were allowed to quit the lodges, and return 
to their own abode. They were required to take the prescribed 
oath, and to promise to avoid a concourse of people. 
