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condition of affairs as above described. All six cases were sent that
day to the small-pox ships. Nos. 50, 51, 76, 78 and 80 appear to
have contracted small-pox from them, and there were four cases at
least in Lambeth arising from this source.
Third Group.—No. 45 contracted the small-pox at his workshop in
Clerkenwell Green. He was a jewel-case maker, In the shop
there were employed ten men and six women or girls. Pour cases
of small-pox occurred in this shop. The first case was a man,
H. C., living in a house in Westminster where there had recently
been small-pox. We thoroughly disinfected the workshop and
recommended vaccination. This advice was disregarded. P. H.,
of Islington, working beside H. C., took it next, and we again
disinfected and advised re-vaccination, which was again disregarded.
Then followed No. 45 and a fourth fellow workman, J. P., of
Islington, and the place was once more disinfected. The remaining
men and girls then submitted to vaccination, and there were no
further cases.
Fourth Group.—When making enquiries respecting No. 66
I learned that at his workshop there was a girl, W. M., who had
been away with "influenza" some time before but was "now
quite well." After his removal I sent for this girl, who was
employed in making leather toys in a small workshop with about
10 other girls and 2 men. When she reached the Town Hall I
found she was recovering from a well-marked attack of small-pox
(No. 69). On questioning her I learned that her mother was " not
very well and thought she had influenza." Accordingly, I visited
the house in Rodney Street, and found her mother in bed suffering
from the acute stage of small-pox (No. 68). A daughter and son
(Nos. 70 and 71), were also sickening with the same disease. I also
saw a girl in the next street, employed at the same workshop as
No. 69, and found she also was suffering from small-pox (No. 72).
All these cases were, like the Douglas Place group, " unrecognised"
until we met with them, when they were at once removed to the
small-pox ships. Three or four other cases of the disease were
also moved from the same workshop, but they did not belong to
Finsbury. No, 85 also contracted the disease from this group.