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(a) Including all Institutions. (b) Excluding all Institutions.
(a) Smallpox.—Six cases of this disease were notified, of which
the following is a brief summary:—
(а) An unvaccinated woman, aged 27 years, in Cranbrook
Ward, removed to Orsett Hospital, on 28th March. The patient
had visited Swindon, where an outbreak had occurred. There
were 11 contacts, and 22 other persons who had visited the house.
All were kept under observation.
(b) An unvaccinated girl, aged 3½ years, in Park Ward
removed to Orsett Hospital, on 1st September. The patient had
visited Ramsgate for a week, returning to Ilford on the 10th
August. On the 19th August, the patient had visited Bow and
stayed one night. There were eight contacts in this case. All
were kept under observation.
(c) An unvaccinated girl, aged 8 years, in North Hainault
Ward removed to Orsett Hospital, on 18th September. The
patient had stayed at an address in Islington for six weeks, from
which a case of Smallpox was removed on 31st August. There
were eight contacts in this case, and 23 other persons who had
visited the house in question or had been visited by the family
were kept under observation.
(d and e) A girl of 15 years, in Goodmayes Ward, said to have
been unsuccessfully vaccinated in infancy, removed to Orsett
Hospital, on 23rd November. The patient was a scholar at a
secondary school at Poplar.
Her brother, resident at the same house, aged 7 years,
unvaccinated, developed Smallpox and was removed to Orsett
Hospital, on 6th December.
There were four contacts living in the same house, nine other
persons who had visited the house, and five others who had attended
a lecture at which the first patient was also present, were kept
under observation.
(f) An unvaccinated man, aged 33 years, in Seven Kings
Ward, removed to Orsett Hospital, on the 5th December. There