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Hanover Square 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Two hundred and eighty-five inmates of St. George's
Workhouse were re-vaccinated by Mr. Jay, without subsequent
inspection of the results. Also during the last
quarter there were 997 cases; 930 were successful. Of
these, 172 were Primary, and 758 were Secondary Cases,
as follows:—
Primary Cases 173
Secondary Cases 824
Successful 172
Unsuccessful 1
173
Successful 758
Unsuccessful 35
Not seen 32
824
Small Pox.
This dreadful disease, which has been a scourge in the
Parish and elsewhere, first made its appearance at Lansdowne
House, about June 14th, 1870, when a Governess,
aged 50, vaccinated in infancy, arrived from Paris, and
went to bed immediately, became ill with small-pox and
died on June 24th. It did not spread to the servants, all
of whom were re-vaccinated, while other preventive means
were adopted. About the middle of October an infant
aged one year was attacked with small-pox at No. 20,
Eaton Mews South, after vaccination performed a fortnight
before, and recovered. Another patient, aged 29,
vaccinated, was removed from No. 1, Park-place, St.
James's-street, to the Hospital in November. A young
man, unvaccinated, had confluent small-pox on November
19th, at No. 114, Warwick-street, whence he was taken to
the Hospital, and a child was affected at No. 18, Hobartplace.
Two women, named Esther Masser and Sarah
Collis, suffered from the disease when in-patients at St.
George's Hospital. The former had been a patient there
seven weeks before with an attack of confluent small-pox, and
occupied a bed in the Holland Ward, which is used for