Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE XIII.
SUMMARY OF CASES OF SMALL-POX OCCURRING IN THE PARISH OF ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH,
DURING THE YEAR 1895.
No. of Cases. | Address. | Sex. | Age. | Occupation. | Date of Notification. | Probable Beginning of Illness. | Probable Source of Infection. | As to Vaccination. | Result. | Remarks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Holborn Union Workhouse | M | 43 | Out of Work | June 24 | June 17 | Was found to be suffering from small-pox when he came to the Union | Vacc. in infancy, no marks | R | Severe. Came to Workhouse with eruption op him. |
2 | *Drysdale Street | M | 17 | Cabinet Maker, out of Work | July 10 | July 8 | Unknown | „ „ „ | R | Mild |
3 | Tuilerie Street | M | 40 | Potman | „ 25 | 21 | The premises where he worked were frequented by inmates of Salvation Army Shelters | Vacc. in infancy, and Re-Vacc. 12 years ago. No marks of Re-Vaccination | D | Severe |
4 | Union Crescent | M | 26 | Bottle Washer . | „ 25 | „ 22 | ...... | Vace. in infancy | R | Mild |
5 | City Road Workhouse | M | 74 | Tramp | „ 26 | „ 25 | Slept previously at Salvation Army Shelters | Vaccinated | R | „ |
6 | Craven Street | M | 25 | Newsvendor | Aug. 4 | Aug. 3 | Unknown | Vacc. in infancy | R | „ |
7 | St. John's Road | M | 18 | Labourer | „ 5 | „ 4 | „ | „ „ | R | „ |
8 | Appleby Street | M | 20 | Upholsterer | „ 13 | „ 13 | „ | „ „ | R | „ |
9 | Wilmer Gardens | M | 24 | Newsvendor | 15 | „ 15 | „ | „ „ | R | „ |
10 | St. John's Road | M | 16 | .... | „ 16 | ,, 16 | Infected by No. 7 | „ „ | R | „ |
11 | Nichols Square | M | 25 | Warehouseman. | „ 18 | „ 16 | ...... | „ „ | R | „ |
12 | Rivington Street | M | 49 | Butcher, out of work | Sept. 4 | „ 29 | Unknown | „ „ | D | Severe |
13 | Rivington Street | M | 22 | Packer | „ 16 | Sept. 14 | Infected by No. 12 | „ „ | R | Mild |
14 | Derby Houses | M | 13 | Schoolboy | „ 16 | „ 12 or 13 | Was in the habit of playing in Rivington Street, near cases 12 and 13 | Unvaccinated | R | Severe |
15 | Derby Houses | M | 19 | French Polisher | 17 | „ 16 | Same family as No. 14 | Vacc. in infancy | R | Mild |
* In this case the patient did not reside in Shoreditch, but stayed a night in the house in Drysdale Street, where his parents resided.