69 Outbreak ex plosive; all cases
occurred between April 12
and 19, and 32 were reported
on 1 day, the 13th. 69 of the
cases took milk from either
milkman A or milkman B,
both of whom bought part of
their milk from farmer J,
whose grandchild took sick
with diphtheria Apr. 11. The
milk utensils were washed in
the house by the same person
who nursed the child. The
3 cases not taking this milk
were in the same house and
secondary to a case reported
on April 11 in Milton.
"Beginning Oct. 3, 1906, within
a few days 36 cases of diph-
theria developed in the sub-
urb of Clifton within 4
squares of each other. The
membrane appeared in all the
cases first on the tonsils.
There are several reasons for
believing the milk was the
carrier of the infection. First,
each of the 36 cases drank
the suspected milk. Second,
where only 1 member in a
family drank the milk, as
happened in several families,
only that member contracted