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sleeping at a common lodging house in Kingston and
occasionally at his home in Fulham, working during the
day as a jobbing gardener at Kingston, Twickenham and
Fulham.
The second smallpox patient was a man of 25 years
who became ill on 16th August. He was employed as a
plumber and his case was not notified to this department
until a letter was received from the Medical Officer of
Health of Newport, Monmouthshire, to the effect that
he was in hospital suffering from smallpox.
Although only two cases of smallpox were notified
during 1928, a large number of smallpox contacts were
reported and had to be kept under observation during
the time corresponding to the incubation period of the
disease.
Vaccination.
Mr. IT. Davies, Vaccination Officer to the Fulham
Guardians, has, as in past years, very kindly supplied
me with the following details relating to vaccination.
During the year under review 1,631 successful
primary vaccinations were carried out, compared with
1,614 during 1927 and 1,817 during 1926. Particulars
of the vaccinations carried out during the year ended
31st December, 1927, are set out in the following Table.