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Notifications under the Provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891. During the
year 622 cases have been notified under the above Act,
as compared with 879, 887, and 1,134 respectively, in
the preceding years, 1909, 1908, and 1907.
Small-pox. No case of this disease was notified
during the year in persons residing in this Borough.
Intimations respecting 8 Small-pox contacts were received
from the Southampton Port Sanitary Authority,
all of whom were visited and watched during the
necessary incubation period. Two from the Tees Port
Sanitary Authority; one of these became ill, went into the
Seamen's Hospital for treatment, and was there certified
to be suffering from Small-pox. This diagnosis, however,
was not verified, it being found to be a case of chicken
pox.
The warning and advice given in my last Annual Report
with respect to obtaining protection against an attack of
Small-pox by means of efficient vaccination or revaccination
need not be repeated in extenso, it being
sufficient to say that, in my opinion, the necessity for this
warning is greater now than it was twelve months ago,
and in this respect a word to the wise will doubtless be
sufficient.