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Now all these cases arose from W. M., who had seen a medical
man in the early stages of her sickness, but he did not then
recognise it as small-pox. It is right to add that when the
employer learned that the disease was small-pox, he rendered us
every assistance in his power.
Fifth Group.—On January 28th, an infant, aged five weeks died
at 27, Galway Street. On February 4th I was called to see the
mother of this child and found her suffering from commencing
small-pox. It now appears that the infant died of small-pox
although it was not suspected at the time. The mother nursed it,
and after death the body laid for seven days in the one small room
inhabited by the family. As a consequence this family and their
immediate relatives in Bartholomew Square contracted the disease.
This group consists of Nos. 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 169 and 176.
Sixth Group.—On June 30th, I called to see a child of four years
of age at 19, Mitchell Street which had been notified as a case of
chicken-pox. I found the patient suffering from confluent smallpox.
The child was unvaccinated and died at the small-pox ships
on July 1st. Nos. 234, 236, 241, 242, 243, 253, 251, 254 and 255,
all contracted the disease from this case.
Seventh Group.—No. 244 visited the small-pox ships in company
with No. 232 who is his sister-in-law. They went to visit her
brother who was removed from 18, Nelson Terrace, Shoreditch, at
the end of May. They both declined vaccination and both contracted
small-pox. The girl appears not to have spread the disease any
further, but to the man may be traced ten cases, one of whom, his
own child, died. The ten cases originally traceable to this man are
Nos. 237, 238, 239, 240, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249 and 256. The
Central Street cases commenced with the father, but were detected
by me on making enquiries as to No. 238, who was notified from
the Guardian Offices. The group was being concealed, and was
only detected by the very strict system of investigation which we
had adopted.
Eighth Group.—On July 15th I received notification of No. 252,
a little boy living at the Public House, 37, Central Street. It