SCARLET FEVER INFECTION.
A PROSECUTION FAILS. CHRISTCHURCH, September 20. Arising out of the scarlet fever epidemic, George Thomas Booth, a prominent citizen, was charged at the Magistrate's Court today with knowingly exposing clothing which had been exposed to infection from scarlet fever without having first effectually disinfected it or taken proper precautions against spreading the infection. The prosecution alleged that defendant, whoso daughter was suffering from the disease, visited her and afterwards mingled with the public without having changed his clothes or taken any steps to prevent infection. The defendant said ho had rigidly ad-, hered to the instructions of hi-, medical adviser, and when visiting his daughter, which ho did only at night, wore a different suit from that which he did by day. The Magistrate (Mr Bailey) said ho did not consider the exposure was performed knowingly, and dismissed the case.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3263, 27 September 1916, Page 7
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143SCARLET FEVER INFECTION. Otago Witness, Issue 3263, 27 September 1916, Page 7
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