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F. C was taken ill on the 18th October. A sister of F. C.
(M. C.), visited a family in another part of London, where
the children were isolated, on account of "Chicken-pox."
After her return home, some fortnight later, M. C. had a
few spots about her body which were thought to be
"shingles," and after another fortnight, F. C. had an
attack of "modified " Small-pox.
C. G., a deaf mute, resident in Paddington, but attending
the Capland Street Board School, where there had been
several cases of Small-pox, was taken ill on the 24th
October, and removed on the 30th. M. T., resident in
the same house, and attending the same School, fell ill on
the 31st October, and was removed on the 6th November.
About three weeks prior to the date of the case of C. G.,
a child, E. P. in the same house, had some three or four
spots about the body which, at the time, were diagnosed
to be indicative of "disordered stomach,'' but the Physician
subsequently came to the conclusion that they were
more probably the eruption of "modified" Small-pox.
During the last quarter the following curious case
came under notice:—
M. D. was notified to be ill with Small-pox on September
1st, and was removed that day. He was detained at
the Shelter as a doubtful case, and two unsuccessful
attempts were made to vaccinate him. The Medical
Superintendent of the Shelter diagnosed the case to be
one of severe Chicken-pox, as "the case did not look like
unmodified Small-pox, as it usually attacks a young
unvaccinated child." M. D. was sent home on the 19th
September, three weeks after his removal, and twentythree
days later, he was removed to Hospital with a well
marked attack of Small-pox. Subsequent to his return
home he had been in the company of a brother who was
discharged from the Ships on the 21st September, after a
severe attack of Small-pox.