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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1900

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900

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A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Small-pox.—During the year 1,900 there were 16 cases of fever
notified as small-pox, but of these four were ultimately diagnosed as
chicken-pox. The following is a list of the notified cases: —

Table: Cases of Small-pox reported during the year 1900.

Cases of Small-pox reported during the year 1900.

Date.Address.Name.Age.Date of Removal
11 January52, Churchill RoadPrank Wi.3010 Jan.
„,, ,,Alice Wi.30,,
„,, ,,Bert Wi.ly 9m,,
„,, ,,Frank Wi.10,,
„,, ,,Arthur Wi.7,,
„21, Bentham RoadGeorge We.16,,
„,, ,,Robert We.411
„,, ,,Florrie We.21,,
20 January52, Churchill RoadJessie S.ly 9m19 Jan.
25 „,, ,,Lily S.2924 Jan.
30 „5, Daubeney RoadArthur P.430 Jan.*
17 March7, Hassett RoadSarah L.2216 Mar.
„,, ,,Charles L.2517 Mar.
20 April4, Ballance RoadErnest B.319 April*
12 June12, Woolpack PlaceLucy T.611 June*
28 July233, Cassland RoadJames S.2227 July*

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Cases marked * returned home as not suffering from small-pox.
In the above list those cases marked with an asterisk were really
not cases of small-pox: the remainder were connected together and
had their origin in a common source of infection. This outbreak of
small-pox at first threatened to assume serious proportions, but
happily, by careful enquiry and vigilance, it was speedily controlled
and brought to an end.
The circumstances of the outbreak were these:
On the 10th of January of 1900, I received information from the
Bethnal Green Public Health Department that a case of small-pox
had occurred in that district, and that the mother of the patient had
stated that her child had been to a party on Christmas and Boxing
Day, at 21, Bentham Road, South Hackney, and that amongst the
children present was a child, A.Wi., who had " spots on his body."