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Shoreditch 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE IX.—
| Ref. No. | Sex | Age. | Address. | Date of Invasion. | Date of Erup'ion | Date of Removal to Hospital. | Occupation. | As to Vaccination. | Source of Infection. | Sanitary condition of House. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | F. | A | 84, Britannia Street | Not Small-pox | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |||
| 254 | F. | 19 | 4, East Road | Mar. 4 | Mar. 7 | Mar. 8 | Travelling bag stitcher | Infancy | Unknown | Fair | ...... |
| 255 | M. | 48 | Shoreditch Workhouse | Mar. 6 | Mar. 7 | Mar. 8 | Inmate of Workhouse | " | Previous cases in Workhouse | Good | ...... |
| 256 | M. | 18 | Shoreditch Workhouse | ? | Died | Mar.. 7 | ? | Previous cases in Workhouse | " | Case haemorrhagie— fatal in about 24 hours | |
| 257 | F. | 22 | 9, Great Chart Street | Mar. 5 | Mar. 9 | Mar. 9 | Unemployed | Infancy | Case 126 | Satisfactory | Infection indirect, through a man who had been |
| 258 | F. | 28 | 4, Lee Street | Mar. 4 | Mar. 8 | Mar. 8 | Housewife | " | Unknown | " | ...... |
| 259 | F. | 19 | 5, Broadway, London Fields | Mar. 4 | Mar. 7 | Mar. 8 | Domestic servant | " | " | " | ...... |
| 260 | M. | 24 | 10, Hoxton Market | Mar. 6 | Mar. 9' | Mar. 9 | Carman | " | Possibly cases at No. 21, Drysdale Street | Dirty | ...... |
| 261 | M. | 7 | 7, Hobb's Place | Mar. 4 | Mar. 6 | Mar. 8 | School | Unvaccinated | Unknown | Pair | ...... |
| 262 | M. | 29 | 43, Bridport Place | Mar. 6 | Mar. 9 | Mar. 9 | Painter and house decorator | Infancy | " | " | ...... |
| 263 | F. | 40 | 2, Wellington Place | Mar. 6 | Mar. 9 | Mar. 10 | Housewife | " | Case 209 | Dirty | ...... |
| 264 | M. | 74 | Shoreditch Infirmary | Mar. 8 | Mar. 9 | Mar. 9 | Inmate of Infirmary | " | Probably previous cases in Institution | Good | See case 191 |
| 265 | M. | 21 | 34, Great James' Street | Mar. 8 | Mar. 10 | Mar. 11 | Carman | Unknown | Fair | ...... | |
| 266 | F. | 54 | 25, Drysdale Street | Mar. 10 | Mar. 11 | Housewife | Infancy, and 7 years ago | Case 211 | Satisfactory | Laid out body in case 211 | |
| 267 | F. | 25 | 42, Albion Road | Mar. 7 | Mar. 11 | Mar. 11 | " | Infancy | Unknown | Case haemorrhagie— fatal | |
| 268 | F. | 25 | 56, Pownall Road | Mar. 11 | Mar. 11 | " | " | " | Fair | ...... | |
| 269 | M. | 6 | 18, Moye Street | Not Small- | pox | •• | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |
| 270 | F. | 31 | 2, Wellington Place | Mar. 10 | Mar. 12 | Mar. 12 | Housewife | Infancy, revac. Mar. 7, 1902 | Case 209 | Dirty | ...... |