text_original: The disease crept slowly from village to village at an average rate, it was estimated, of about five miles a year.* It was observed that the earliest cases in a hitherto un  affected village could nearly always be traced to someone suffering from the disease who had come from an already infected locality.
text_transcription: THE DISEASE CREPT SLOWLY FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE AT AN AVERAGE RATE IT WAS ESTIMATED OF ABOUT FIVE MILES IN A YEAR IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE EARLIEST CASES IN A HITHERTO UNAFFECTED VILLAGE COULD ALWAYS NEARLY BE TRACED TO SOME ONE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE WHO HAD COME FROM AN ALREADY INFECTED LOCALITY
phonemes: ðə dɪzˈiːz kɹˈɛpt slˈoʊli fɹʌm vˈɪlɪdʒ tə vˈɪlɪdʒ æɾ ɐn ˈævɹɪdʒ ɹˈeɪt, ɪt wʌz ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd, ʌv ɐbˌaʊt fˈaɪv mˈaɪlz ɐ jˈɪɹ.ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ɪt wʌz əbzˈɜːvd ðætðɪ ˈɜːlɪɪst kˈeɪsᵻz ɪn ɐ hˈɪðɚtˌuː ˈʌn ɐfˈɛktᵻd vˈɪlɪdʒ kʊd nˌɪɹli ˈɔːlweɪz biː tɹˈeɪst tə sˈʌmwʌn sˈʌfɚɹɪŋ fɹʌmðə dɪzˈiːz hˌuː hæd kˈʌm fɹʌm ɐn ɔːlɹˌɛdi ɪnfˈɛktᵻd loʊkˈælᵻɾi.