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was that of a commercial traveller who died at home and the source of whose infection was unknown.
In the four weeks ending the 25th February, four cases occurred in London, two in Islington
and two in Camberwell. The Islington cases were those of two Italians; the first was infected before
arriving in England and he infected the other; the Camberwell cases were those of two children living
in the same house; the source of infection being unknown.
In the five weeks ending the 1st April, twenty cases occurred, two in Hackney, ten in Stepney,
six in Camberwell and two in Greenwich. The two Hackney cases were those of husband and wife,
both of whom died; the source of infection of the wife, who infected the husband, was unknown.
Of the ten Stepney cases, nine were associated. The first was that of a printer's joiner who worked
in Finsbury. His attack was followed by those of five of his children and of three other persons
living in the same house. The tenth case was that of a Russian who was infected before arrival
in England. The six Camberwell cases were removed from the same house as that in which cases
occurred in the preceding month. The two Greenwich cases were those of a miller's labourer, the
source of whose infection was unknown, and of a man who had been infected during a voyage from
South America.
In the four weeks ending the 29th April, thirteen cases occurred, one in Paddington, one in
Westminster, one in Stepney, one in Greenwich, six in Lewisham, two in Woolwich and one in the Port
of London. The Paddington case was that of a woman who was infected on board the same vessel as
that of the'Greenwich case previously mentioned. The Westminster case was that of a commercial
traveller employed in Halifax. The Stepney case was that of a woman living in Peabody-buildings;
the source of her infection was unknown. The Greenwich case was that of a woman, the source of whose
infection was not known. The six cases in Lewisham were all associated; the first was that of an
errand boy whose illness was mistaken for chicken-pox and the source of whose infection was unknown;
he infected his father, mother, aunt, sister and brother. The Woolwich cases were those of a father and
child; the father worked in the Arsenal, the source of infection was unknown. The case in the Port
was that of a man who arrived in a ship from Spain, where he was infected.
In the four weeks ending the 27th May, seven cases occurred, one in Hackney, three in Camberwell,
one in Deptford, one in Lewisham and one in Woolwich. The Hackney case was that of a woman
who kept a stall in the Spitalfields market and the source of whose infection was unknown. The three
Camberwell cases were those of a boy, the source of whose infection was unknonw, and those of two
other children in the same house whom he infected. The Deptford case was that of an infant who was
infected on the voyage from Rangoon. The Lewisham case was that of a disinfector. The Woolwich
case was that of a man working in the Arsenal.
In the four weeks ending the 1st July, four cases occurred, one in Stoke Newington, one in
Shoreditch, two in Bethnal-green and one in Greenwich. The Stoke Newington case was that of an
engineer, the source of whose infection was unknown. The Shoreditch case was that of a pork butcher,
the source of whose infection was unknown. The Bethnal-green cases were those of sisters, attacked
about the same time and the source of whose infection was unknown.
In the four weeks ending the 29th July, one case occurred, that of a girl employed as a French
polisher in Bethnal-green and the source of whose infection was unknown. This was the last case
occurring: in 1905.

Condition as to vaccination of patients admitted to hospital.
The report of the Statistical Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board contains a tabular
statement of the condition as to vaccination of persons suffering from smallpox received into the
hospitals of the Board during 1905. Fifty-three such persons were received, of whom four were
admitted from outside the County, the remaining 49 being received from the County of London.
1 Reference to cases of smallpox occurring among school children in February, 1906, and to a resolution of
the County Council prohibiting, without their sanction, the examination of the children in the schools with a view to
ascertaining their condition as to vaccination will be found in Appendix II., page 30.