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7 years, living in the same house. W. F.'s eruption appeared on the 13th December, and he wa
removed to hospital on the 18th December. W. C. was removed to hospital on the 20th December
as he was not entirely free from eruption. E. F., female, aged 28, the mother of W. F., fell ill
with smallpox on the 30th December, and was removed to hospital on the 31st. Another person
developed smallpox at Tottenham in December, through visiting W. C. during his convalescence,
and from this case three other cases resulted in the same house in Tottenham, and a further case
in Friern Barnet. A further case, C. S., a male, aged 26, occurred in the house in Islington which
had been occupied by W. C. His eruption appeared on the 5th January, 1910, and he was removed
to hospital the following day. The limitation of this outbreak was largely due to the persistent
inquiries made by the medical officer of health of Islington, as to the persons with whom W. C.
had been in contact, and to the steps which were able to be taken on the information thus gained.
Poplar.—T. M., male, aged 56, a casual labourer, developed smallpox in Aberfeldy.street, Poplar.
He sickened on the 30th December, eruption appeared on the 2nd January, 1910, and he was removed
to hospital the following day.
Four cases of smallpox occurred on vessels in the Port of London, and were removed by the
Port medical officer of health to the Corporation's hospital at Denton.
Of the fifteen patients admitted into the hospital of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, twelve
were vaccinated and three unvaccinated. One death occurred among the unvaccinated and one among
the vaccinated.

The percentage of children born who were exempted by "conscientious objection" certificates
since and including 1898 has been as follows:—1898, 1.4; 1899, 1.0; 1900, 1.0; 1901, 1.1; 1902,
0.8; 1903, 10; 1904, 1 1; 1905, 1 2; 1906, 15; 1907, 3 1.
During these years, the proportion of children exempted by certificate of conscientious objection,
together with the proportion of children not finally accounted for in the several Unions, has been as
follows:—

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