_ i. ll» interned»
at the elm of the suns
ill. from Dr. Tum.
~ or norm; that there
consider-ills outline: oi4‘
' district. The secre-
toe to institute inquiry into
oomdmg mgsunm
till-lull thumb on
W the 10th. and lesrned
them that there were ‘ebout
‘tlaiecied houses; that near—
euei were in families Inp-
milk dealers. and that a out
,p— of this dealer more from
~ . lit. K. in north Wilton.
house a one 0: scarlntina
W.
fills learned that In View of these
the Isle of milkmm this wee
been I‘d-pended and that the last
been delivered on the morning of
' 7. With a view of securinfi
, motion concerning the cases.
‘ for the details were sent to the
a known to be practising in
vicinity. and interviews were held
, the milk dealer and with meni-
_ of may of the families in which
M existed ill Norwnlk and North
When My thanks are due to the
Will for their prompt and cour-
W replies to my letters, and to Mr.
liar freely furnishing information
' lug his route. customers and
of handling the milk. Es-
iy should i express my thanks
9r. Tracey for his many courteslcs
the facilities accorded the for pros.
diluting my investigation.
The conclusions from my investiga—
_ are: That the cases of scarin-
iirlrl occurring in Norwalk between
her 25 and November 9. inclusive.
milk; aid that the milk was infected
mes belonging to an epidemic oc-
I‘M" in Bald Hill School district. in
line-til Wilton. which been late in
.mber. The facts relating to the
Wire on which these conclusions
ill! based are stated below.
4 ICARLA'I‘INA iN NORWALK.
In the town of hint-your an the
(titles of Norwalk slid south Nor-walk.
the village of East N01 walk
these places form one continuous set-
tlement having a. population of about
35.0%..
Previous to Oiytober 25. scurlatinn
Ind existed in Norvluli't.‘ In shown by
I'm were no cases in August. but in
Member there were lire reported,
full! of them being on Ely uvcllue.
(he of these Ely illenue cases was
g reported on the 7th. two on the Hill
and one on the 30th.
- The llflil case was reported from
its» Norwsik on the 27m.
(”October 10. another rune wus re—
ported. also from Enid. Nlll'it'li-lk unii
. lit the Vicinity of the first case.
Winning on October 25. there Was
it lotion of 29 cut-lee. liloll'ibllteli as
men below. The dnios gilell are the
than on which the cases were taken
ill. as stated by the physician or as-
certained by inquiry at the houses.
‘ Dates when the roses occurred and
number of cases: October .25. one; 26.
one: 27. one: 30. three; 3i. two; No-
number i. one; 2..four;- 3. three; 4.
" two; ll. three: six, one; 7. live: 8, one;
I, one. Total. twenty-nine.
fluentecu of the cases were mules
and twelve were females. Their ages
”I as follow:
‘MI in years and number of lost-oi
Hm yearr of use. 5 marines; bets ccn six
M ten years. 2 «uses; between
. ell and fifteen ,V'i-nrls. 4 menu; Ile-
Wefl sixteen and twenty years. ii cases;
y years. ll cam. Total. 29 unites.
The twenty- nine cellos weld distrib-
Will twenty-live families. and. in
mutt-four home
A uteri: of the facts which would
,h baring on the connection ile-
tllll cum shows at once that
Illlllllld not line been through the
n'for many did not uttellll
. there were do when] children.
New-Ill. '
ills alibi route.
milk by In. Phone of the
its» due to contagion contained in
ii. records of ,the hwtll officer;
and some were Ill families in
, tnthoir diatribntiou. lloventeen
Wm Wind bonus were in Iooth
hill. three in Kermit: and four
4 . thin muted no way
, he contusion could spread-
W to hours. men In 39th
4 . where they item closest lo-
for the ”milieu were in quite
t mini positions. in short.
ll could be discovered ex-
jfllldulfl‘. fli‘. II. illuI two
' in one of whit! Ito and about
m of lliilh. and in tile .otller ,
“0. men of tho lwsniysnlns
in fIlIIIIGI on tile masher
, this of the remaining time
Will u {sully oilicll obtained»
W
any of tho In it. 4 ecutslned on any any inf
mill: which VliG will but chained all out. II: Willi! be distributed lib .
it from three producers sitnstod out.
side of the city. “ 1'
There was hit snarled» in the un-
ily of the mill: denier. nor in those
of the two men which be employed.
her until this outbrm were there any
crises in the vicinity.
One of the sources from which he
drew his supply!” in Eliot Wilton.
This farm supplied 190 quarts per
day and was free fun: any sickness.
A second we: in North Wilton. and
supplied lid quarts per day; there hail
been no mristlns on or about this
farm.
The third. also in North Wilton.
supplied 150 quarts per day. Ind was
located in the Bald Hill district. about
two miles from the form lust men-
tioned. One case of seariniina existed
on this farm and there were others in
the vicinity, which must be consid-
ered before their connection with the
Natural); canes can be discussed.
SCARLATlNA lN NORTH WILTON.
The Bald llili district school opened
on September 7, with a registration of
twenty-tilreepupils. On September 20
there appeared a case of seal-lauds iu
the person of one of the boys. who. so
far as is known. was the first case ill
the district.
Where be contracted it could not be
ascertained. Other cases following,
the school was closed on October ill.
Cases continued to appear in the dim
trict. until by November 9. which is
the date of the last case discovered.
there had been twenty cases.
All of the cases were children at-
lendlng the sihooi. or can be tlacod
to infertion coming flour the school
children.
Most ol’ the canon nele mild and in
one family. in .whlch there were two
cases both bill's. no physician was
called. and the nature of the disease
was not recognized for some days.
These children lived near the milk
farm of Mr. K. already referred to. and
the connection between the school
outbreak and the milk infection is to
be traced through them. There was
one also _pn this farm. that 31‘ Mr.
K.’ 9 son. a lad of four years. who did
not attend school. and who had not
recently beenoff the place. He had.
however: been Visited by the two boys
referred to. one of them having been
with him on October 1i and 15. play-
ing about the place all of one tiny and
inking Illa di nor there. Iglb of
them were wl him for n short time
on October ii. The lad was found to
burs an eruption on the morning or
October 24; lnllnclliatc precautions
were lukeu which it wns thought
would prevent any trouble. with the
milk. The cans and polls were lliil
taken inm ibi- holler. and illulil' who
did lIli,‘ milking look their ilif’fllis,’ (Vise-
tt'lli'i’t'. uuli sir-pt away. or ill another.
part of the Illlllllf! from that occupied
by the patient. lie was confined to
the house until October 30. Wilt-ll illV
was again allowed to play around not
of the house.
.is eluted. IIlUtll.‘ precautions which
were thought in be lll'i'ilsfifll‘y were
taken. lillil certainly there was no
groin; ilngligclli-i- till the purl of the
family lurol'dillg lo‘liiclr understand
tug of the requirements of the case.
but the inquirer was impressed with
the lack of appreciation of the possi—
bllities of Illici‘llllll. illld with the prob
ability. therefore. lliiil lilo liotlllis of ii
strict isolation were not curried out.
By just wilul Accident the contagion
will; introduced into the milk the wrii-
or cannot elm». ll lVrrlillllly was
prurient on the form. ulluulle-lod. for
two or “if“! ilayll liboui the mm of
October. and continuously for u long
period beginning just before (letobcr
‘i. and It has been shown that it llllllil
have gotten Into the mini. Perhaps
Willi) of the onus which were out in. the
yard to dry were ilrilt infected by the
burn pinging urounll lilmll. ilnd tilzll.
lluillulqllelltiy the infection was rm
moved in come indirci-i way from the
i'elildent «use. There is iluntllor prob~
ability which promptly suggests itself.
(“owe may have a disease unpubli- of
imparting neal'llllilln to llilli‘iilil nub~
jcrii‘l. its was shown by the painstak-
ing investigation of Mr Pilwclll and
Dr. Klein in the Million scarlaiinu up-
ldemlc estmul’ by infected milk from
a dairy in Hundnn during the winter
of lime“. Oil the first visit to the
farm made in the milliliiily of llr.
Tracey on Nnvcmlwr lo ll veterinary
dungeon. ltlr. n. W. iichullnsll. or Nor-
wslli. was invited to sellompuny us to
inspect the hard. in his examination
two of the fellrleim rein were found
to present s deenllnnstlml on the lid»
der and tests. No evidences of an
eruption wore discoverable on the
buck or flanks. nor about the eyes.
Nor were there any signs of inflamm-
tion of the alumni memories: of the
nose or throat.
other more marked one during the last
anion of the facts relating to the Nor-
dalry form.
an outcome of the echool epidemic. and
agency rather than through the cows“.
showing the skill with which lhe cases
on idly avenue and cannot be trurrd.
.mlllsgiuli llus bur-n illssm‘ullulted by
Dr. liehupm. very iilsily considered
tilht the Inoculation rounds ennui»
«inn illut their shim-bl were wavelen-
the homomor- on some portion of althw
er of the routes. while the rest would
receive uninfected” milk. There were
about 300' families on the two routes.
of which number twenty-three became
infected. From the time the fetchin-
fected boys came on the farm to the
stopping of the tells of the milk is a
period of shoal. three and one~llalf
weeks. while more than two weeks
eiamd litter the ease occurred at the
farm-house. lied the infection been
a continuous one. us must have been
the case had the contagion come from
the cows. it is probable that a larger
proportion of the families than twenty-
three in 300 would have become infect-
ed. as from the method of distribution
mlilt from the farm would in all proh—
abillty have reached all the families
on both routes some time during two
weeks. That the number was not
linger indicates an irregular rather
than a continuous infection.
The dates when the Norwalk canes
appeared are also significant of the
mode of infection. One case appeared
on each of the Intflrree days, October
25, 26 and If. and none on the next
two days. Then the esters became
more abundant and ended with « one
case each on November 8 end 9. It ‘
will be recollected that. the 7th wall
the last day of the mirror the milk.
Had the milk been continuously in-
fected by the rows. as supposed above.
the cases would not hate ceased so
promptly alter the stoppage of the
milk. but from the known period of
incubation would have continued a
week. Tile occurrence of the cases can
be best explained by supposing an in-
fection to have occurred shortly afiel-
the middle of October. and then an‘
days of October and the first of NI)’
voinber. This supposition agrees with
the suggestion that the infection was
caused by the boys on the farm.
The Writer can see no other explan—
waik crises than the one first reached
by' the health oflrer. Dr. Tracey:
nn ly. that. with the exceptions not»
ed. e cases owe their origin to in»
reeled milk from the North Wilton
l-‘ul'lhermorc. the facts concerning:
the North Wilton outbreak indicate
clearly that the infection there wall
that the milk was infected by human
The subsequent history of lilo Nor-
walk outbreak is of intereut us hear
lilg on the gent-rill conclusion. and on
how been isolated. Since November
9 only Home cases hull been reported
up to .‘xill‘cmber 23. ulw all Hi? Hill
and .II‘V‘U llli lilo lath. 'l‘lll' flrs' was
Ollc ill the lliIlf‘l‘li wen u third rurw
ill lIlf' family Ill Enid Nilrwul‘k. villi-ll
llllll bet-ll referred to its containing two
can-s which new not connected with
tile ulilii. 'I‘llc renluluiug case was ill
a family in South Nurwulk. which was
supplied with milk by Mr. ii. and was
that of a young i‘IiIliI who did not Mr
loud l-zciloul'aull'l ilud lint been exported
In any known outside source of infer--
lion.Vbul wilono parents guru a hill—
lur_l of sore lllroilts preceding the ill-
"Coll of the child. In thinl-llunecllull
ll may be added Illfll llllollicilll infer
million line ’I‘l‘ilt'lled inc of n ll umber of
Hindu of sore till-outs among the roll-
lllllncrs of lliili' utilli, which. however.
wmc not reporter! iili ccnriullnui by
illi' physicians.
ilpideilllcll of srilrlnilnil in which the
llii‘iillil of milk llllvl' been rureii‘ report-
cil Ill Ililii country. but if wc Illlly
Judge of wind bull probably occurred
ill this country from Eilullllll experi» ‘
once. this is rather a matter of failure
to doturt them than of their rarity.
Attention was lirst rolled to the mat-
icrdly u report of an epidemic of this
character in I't‘lil‘llll, by Dr. M. W.
'1‘le lrl i870. since then numerous
epiliclnicil burl.- been described by
English medical unicorn of health.
in mold of them infection has come
by ruiltulnlllnilon from bumuucam.
Illll that this in ulwnys thorium was
seriously qucullmlorl us the result of
lliil incl-litigation of Mr. W. ii. More
ill llili‘l. and that colts may be it source
of Infection was demonstrated by the
some luvcstlxntor‘ln the dolphin Heir-
iIflll cluio already referral to all occur»
ring Ill issued.
The Norwulii case is Another illne-
.il'liiloli of the necessity for the public
mod that information concerning the
dangers of milk infection should be
widely diffused among dell-yum: sud
retail dealers in milk .They should
be kept informed of the More to
which they may subject iheir psirons
when a case of typhoid fever. scorin-
tlllll or diphtheria occurs on their prom.
lies. And. on the other hand. the
Millie mould he Informed“ of ‘ihil
cause of these out ll that they
mynroisctllleiuslv i only
III? III! PLIIIIIVI‘ 1’0 TIRE
Patent
Medicines
“0:!le
Gen. 0. Stiliton’s
‘DIU..ITORI.
Opp. sneer Railwaynepot.
we: I“ smr.
TELEPHONE CALL. ll.
I. 1.. I. II. I II. II. II.
TIME TABLE.
in cliecl November '.'>~. Nu“.
LEAVE SOUTH NilItWAllK l’tli: .‘lVIW
A. M. «12.58;.4 thhxduhx. II.I5.6..'I-'I,T.l?l.
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.--I2. 07X,. 1. II .521“. it"! 4.1”, ILIJI'IX.
5.33: 5 551, II. II,‘ I “IAN! in
A. M.w12.flllx. «l. 55:. 5 lbs. 9.15.
LEAVE NEW 3 (“iii FOIISOU'I‘H NOB~
A. ll. ~12. bilx.’ .l.llll. Ital, 7m “1191,0403,
lil. Olin, 10.06. ll llilx. ll $8.18.“.
I2“1,3,3131,3.lfllx.4.lflx,d.wx.
mils, 5.02:. 0.001. ll “ll 7 ill 8 00. II 30 ‘4
A. M.-—m.llllx."ltul, 1.30.
has «ecu ‘
lluvusocru. he‘lrIXALK iron new
A hi...—-—ill run. we will 8.40.9.1“. 4, 4
liliilx. HAM. ilid.
n. M. «mm. iii? am...
6.."21 r. lilx,l.l..~il Id..iil ii. iii.
.iirl’dgsport. in addition to above, p.111 ,
i-lll DAY
fill M.:l 1.1g; Lilli. 7.i:l.il.l2.
An MK» indiouios unions.
H 0 LI D All
rlxmcs.
Celery, lo and in bunch;
Raisins. climate, cu.
Dredge and A
Lenten Pu',
Width Orson.
Figs. on». oranges
and III" of ALL KINDS.
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Rb one need go to Europe for l
dutch. Theme-remade rightherl
in America by the American Waitimul
Watch Lemmy Two watch more ‘
manta particularly recommended~
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found in gold, silver and gold filled
A W. Austin’s; 39 Wall Street. ficrwsili.
lien I. iaytell,
. Flea. Life and
Accident
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Issl lat-to and lies» Aunt
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1“than! swam.
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NORWALK BUILDING
COMPANY.
EAST NOR WA LK. CONN.
We null refer you to overrule Iillfllll’m' whose
turtle but: been Cooled without [ruminating .VV
BICYCLE
l‘ GIRL
: inherit-nine a 004‘s. Norwsllr.
’l‘ouliinson'l. Io. Nor-walk.
Read
Than
Fldfit
Upon the first symptoms of
a cold, procure s hos of Dr.
Msrlsnd't Action. To“ so:
cording to direction end it"
may rm you from a long '
uni painful illness.
Aooton
will cure the grlpzcures head»
ache. and neurolgls; do“
wishflihehurt.
M peat Dragging
chilly to be congrattlloted
the precautions no 5%“?
the epidemil hull been utmost
if not quite limited to til
i-necs: i mean those directly
the milk. ‘
in nor-walk and to other: who.
know the facts. an instructive... .
V lesson. illustrating the not!
well known prersutlontl. of
tile prcinlence of a dim
contagious as scarlet. fever.
you omit have bad in large
oil—operation of the enlightened
lion of your fellow citizens. ‘ 2
and “Roy.
A Pattern ofthil amt II! he
with the agents of the celebrated
znr Glove-fitting Patterns. by
we «on phloem to our lady
some of their lcry newest and (2
patterns of garments. Full and
vii directions for putting together It
garnlrms ulcompany each pattern.
Beautiful Designs
in Wall Papers.
Are sometimes hard to get.
are such things nevertheless. We don' t
want to seem boutiul. but we are proud
of our stock. We worked hard to get it
--we didn' i. take what was thrown will.
That is one reason why we hnxo the
J. o. Jtlsumoo
Paper-Hanger, Calelnllner
BIA—Ci... in
"I“. PIPE. II“ IOID‘II
'l HORSE um 3TB!“
Berlin uorwalk.
Sample Books of Latest Styles of Papers
Borders and Gilt Mouldings talent»
at oust-m- as. “Jonah 32," for mum... .. notlu a. M...
”W
J. o'TJzufllfioe.
uuotnrhxnn.
7 MA [N STREET.
Painters sapwood glass etc. .painting.
paper hanging and daunting.
I. I. OORHAM.
tome amen.
blushes-walk.
mos-«runes inn.
Protect
Your
Roofs l
Interested in
Typewriters ?
if so, you should know all V
latest improve-
leTl-l bitumen
j
and they will protect
illd roots made
as good us new at half
tilt: usual c351, by '
Typewriter
In the Loader In Imurovumnnth.
[fluid ooulpully has issued uu
Art i ll' iiolzlle onlillllliill
it is free til-ml
Smith Premier Typewriter 0e.
sruncrss. N. Y.. i'. H. A.
New York oilice. lidllllroodway.
New Haven oflico. it?
"ml 4;! Ill'l“ “'Ilfl Wiliilil uni.
I'llI of ”W 'I‘ill‘l. Fri-cities. .
HillwIi film, I'lliilllt'e.l:lc..
ROYAL PEARL.
'1' here in but llillmn nice for l
lVllilrill“ Illr' illilIIII|\IlIu.
ll Willow-l llll llloillluhm. .
mui il-nliulliwnilitl lion rill ‘
D. Monsieur;
Funeral Director
and Elnhslmr.
Oh “wellington “root
.0. Nari-ill.
Widener. il Crescent Terrace.
Telephone st house. iii-ll
.‘d‘tr'. um! fill it" per bottle. llt
ofi’flxmwn
luminar- in
ll. '0 ”HUI m.
, “1G to "II.
Offices. hill Main smut.
lil’lilflll‘l‘.
V smith. Delbert-ill. wrote
‘ lupus rota. he
conduct or with m much
content with the shroud ”
ease:
w
The citizens of Norwul
You have given to your w
\‘ery sincerely yourn.’ .
c. A. LINDSLEY. 8.ch , ‘
EEMINEL Pm.
tained by Usingtho W
We hav 9. made special Wit
“Sir-Ladies Beulah. ‘ .:
HINTS BY MAY ”ANTON. ’3‘
l'l‘illilvlmliu l‘llhlllmP of Cantor bill-V
”mi “hill. rill-wing lilies 01 I deeper "
inn-V ‘i‘llv lull fronts are composed of
null .‘lIIV illlII lIlt‘ free edges :0! the
immut- ilI‘I‘ .l'lmlllml Willi black velvet
2124...... H..- all-lull but has . soft
pulled i-lmvil ul' velvet. will! CW '
lining: of m.- bit The banque. “which
in it lilv'llllVI l’IiiiIlHl' from the MINI
Wllleih‘ ..l' lzml mmm. bills the fnnoiful .
limit» armour-u upon a fitted I!!!“
in.“ whims.» lil IIll‘ centre-front. rue
\ml m‘ milk is gathered at the neck and
mill :u :nu main line in plnlts; still! ‘
Il‘llllllil cil‘dlv lilllslleulhe lower «is. V
l'llm hmil .i’ In I’WIVI'It‘il lilrtlufll [M Mr '
lmmm lllll wily be blade on the VIBRV
HIlIl‘ él‘ pl'i-lcl‘l'iul. Tllo fronts thgt
up» ii “Iill'll (in-r lllv Will m1! Ilium
ulmpml, 'l‘llt- limit is fitted with the
“Anni number of iii'limii. Mid Ilium , A
forming llzlliVl-V ill'i' l‘lll in MCI! M I!" 4
all llxlriin’lldl Ill‘lil\\' llll- wslst III“: The
“I'llriII l“illIiIl l".Il'llIIIl l‘nllfld NW mt”
iii ”iv llll’llill null rill-ills tiltl stadium
Vim-mm, rllis-ll is enabled to tho ”Mk.“
,ilw lwiilu iii the IN! side. The two- V.
millwi nlt‘t‘l"'l~: iii'l' ill! with illi’MfllIl
urns ll llu mp 'lIll' mililoi II Ilium! "
il: HI'I Ii .ll .lllli lllllilll. and Id mfl'j
: in all u. .illllt’l of fabrics. Inclihlw A
ziiwgliui irillliltliwlillh wllileorrI M
clmll m- l'iillli’I'H-Illlli‘.
‘I‘u llllllw lIllli humili- for a lady in
tho lu-dlmll sizl Mil l'thlill’e “I”. ”
\lII'lIrl Ill lulu lmlr Illlll lunitll'llil. ‘I‘III
llilili’l ll Nu. 7i? 1.: Ill ill Ill ill!“ fill‘ IL"
:22 2i ms or in «mi i2 lmh nil-lining»
ml
l“) .. (”l ~1“l»~l“l-i“'l-l”l~
svurno sum com V
Ellllli‘lllg uni» “miter-ll to our lliiin of
‘lll TI“ ‘
l'llI lllls mil. llll in your nuns hilt!
audible». and mnII orhlhe it to
I Slurtcvanis illirglllll Hobie; , I
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5: ”until n..................n...~.m...imw ‘
f Alllii'mw
" i'sllunllfn 1m “.13.
This menial and ill (lentil will m
3 share rotten: at mm; m
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AM .. W... WWW—maln-
Tbe Dl‘i'miii mayors of
ville and I’iliflliii are I‘
reurlnlimlllllil. Al Pu
«mi ,
week deeli a ”in. i,
when the 3g»: nuts Iii'
am
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