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Board to Rotherhithe. He had resided at the house for
some months. There had been no previous case of illness
lately at the house. I am informed, however, that there
had lately been several cases of small-pox among the
employes where he worked. He had been vaccinated
when a child, but never re-vaccinated.
No. 9.—Case of W— E— B—, aged 38, a clerk out of employment,
residing at Leysfield Road. He was first taken ill
on January 3rd. A rash appeared on January 5th. On
January 6th the case was diagnosed as variola by the
private medical attendant, and the patient was removed
the same day by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to
Rotherhithe. He had resided at the house for some
months. There had been no previous case of illness at the
house, and I was unable to obtain any information as to
the source of infection.
No. 10.—Case of F— P—, age 27, a hosier's assistant, employed
at -, New Oxford Street, and residing at Cromwell
Grove. On January 7th I received a letter from
a Dr. England, informing me that he was in attendanceon
the patient, and would like to have my opinion as to
the nature of the disease. I at once visited and examined
the patient, and diagnosed the disease as variola, and had
him at once removed by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
to Rotherhithe. It appears that he was first taken ill on
January 2nd. A rash appeared on January 5th, but it
was not until I saw him on the 7th that the complaint was
diagnosed. He had resided at the house for some months.
There had been no case of illness lately at the house, and
it was not known how he had contracted the disease. He
had been vaccinated in infancy, but not re-vaccinated.
No; 11.—Case of F— E—, age 28, a goldwire worker, out of
employment, residing at Shepherd's Bush Green. H&
was first taken ill on January 4th. A rash appeared on
January 7th. The case was diagnosed by the patient's
private medical attendant, and removed the same day bv
the Metropolitan Asylums Board to Rotherhithe. He had
resided at the house for several months. It appears that
the patient had, on December 26th, visited the small-pox
ship at Darenth to see the patient J— L—, who was dying,
and that he refused to be vaccinated at the hospital when
so advised by the Medical Superintendent. As he was
taken ill on January 4th this would, assuming that he
contracted the disease from G-- L~, give an incubation period
of only 10 days. It is more than probable, nevertheless,