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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(125.) A. H., aged 40, of Ferrier Street, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 28th July. Infected by previous case in
same house.
(126.) R. R., aged 32, of Ferrier Street, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 30th July. Infected by previous case in
house.
(127.) F. H., aged 2, of Ferrier Street, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 31st July. Infected by previous case in
house. Unvaccinated. Fatal.
Report on the Outbreak of Small-pox, presented to the
Council in September, 1902.
The outbreak of Small-pox being now at an end for the
present, the following report has been made to summarise the
cases that occurred, the methods adopted for its suppression, as
well as to show the effect of vaccination; and although the
numbers are small, yet they serve to strengthen the case for vaccination
in a very marked degree.
In all, from the beginning of the outbreak in the end of
June, 1901, 160 cases of Small-pox were notified; of these 17
were returned from Hospital as not Small-pox, leaving 143 actual
cases. 29 occurred in 1901, and particulars as to the cause and
locality are given in the Annual Report for that year.
Forty cases occurred in Clapham, three in Putney, 23 in
Streatham, 25 in Tooting, and 52 in Wandsworth. Of the total
143, 120 were vaccinated and 23 unvaccinated. Thirteen deaths
occurred of vaccinated, and 14 of unvaccinated persons. The
fatality among the vaccinated was thus I0'8 per cent., while among
the unvaccinated it was no less than 60 8 per cent.
Under one year of age and under five, no case occurred among
the vaccinated, while under one year three occurred among the
unvaccinated, with two deaths; while under five, eight cases
occurred, with six deaths, a percentage of 75.
Between five and 10 years, one case occurred among the
vaccinated, while eight occurred among the unvaccinated, with one
death.