. London . HUNOERFORD MARKET great a sum—yet a whole city out of work ! Employmentwas found for some of the men as constables, drivers of thecarts that carried the dead to the burial places, and so forth—and for the women as nurses. And, thanks to the Mayors 298 exertions, there was a plentiful supply of provisions duringthe whole time. The disease continued to spread. It was thought thatdoes and cats carried about infection. All those in theCity were slaughtered. They even tried, for the samereason, to poison the rats and mice, but apparently failed. Thenecessity of going to market w
. London . HUNOERFORD MARKET great a sum—yet a whole city out of work ! Employmentwas found for some of the men as constables, drivers of thecarts that carried the dead to the burial places, and so forth—and for the women as nurses. And, thanks to the Mayors 298 exertions, there was a plentiful supply of provisions duringthe whole time. The disease continued to spread. It was thought thatdoes and cats carried about infection. All those in theCity were slaughtered. They even tried, for the samereason, to poison the rats and mice, but apparently failed. Thenecessity of going to market was a great source of danger:people were warned to lift their meat off the counter by ironhooks. Many families isolated themselves. The journal ofone such household remains. The household which lived in
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