Scarlet Fever Spread by Clothing by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 33.

Scarlet Fever Spread by Clothing

By Editor

Another case showing the communicability of contagious diseases by clothing is reported from Bath, Me., where a girl had scarlet fever at a boarding-school. After recovery she returned home, and a trunk containing the clothing she wore while sick was put away in the garret. Six months later two little children were playing in the garret, and opening the trunk, took out some of the clothing. In a week both were taken very ill with the disease, and one died. There were no other persons ill with scarlet fever in the community.—Sel.