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(2) Every case decided to be small-pox should be removed to the
Small Pox Hospital. This will be done on application to the Public
Health Department, Town Hall.
(3) All persons who have been exposed to infection should, as far
as possible, be kept from associating with other persons for at least
14 days after the last exposure.
(4) Children residing in a house from which a case of small-pox has
been removed to hospital should be kept home from school and from
associating with other children for the same period.
(5) After the removal of a case of small-pox to hospital, the rooms
occupied by the patient, with all clothes, bedding, furniture, &c.,
should be thoroughly disinfected, and the walls of the room stripped
and cleansed. This will be done by the Public Health Department
on application being made.
(6) Every person in a house in which a case of small-pox occurs
(except those who have been vaccinated recently) should be
immediately re-vaccinated.
(7) Immediately any suspicious symptom shows itself in any person
who has been exposed to infection, a medical practitioner should be
consulted in order to ascertain the nature of the illness, with a view
to its early removal should the case be found to be small-pox. This
is very important, because small-pox patients are not so infectious
before the rash becomes pustular, as during the development of the
vesicles and scabbing; so that if a case is removed directly the
symptoms point to small-pox, there is less likelihood of the disease
spreading in that house.
Note.—Everyone is entitled to be vaccinated at home by the Public
Vaccinator free of expense.
By order of the Public Health Committee,
J. KING WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
April, 1900.