It was not till this fact had soaked itself into the public mind
that attention was fully turned to the danger that threatened
London. Devonshire Park was practically in quarantine. All those
who could get away had done so, and those who had remained were
confined to their own particular district, and provisioned on a
system. The new plague was spreading fast.
In more than one quarter the suggestion was made that all houses
in certain localities should be destroyed, and the ground
thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. It would mean a loss of
millions of money, but in the scare of the moment London cared
nothing for that.
At the end of a week there were seven thousand cases of the new
form of diphtheria under treatment. Over one thousand cases a day
came in. Devonshire Park was
