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upon him. The case was diagnosed the same day by the
patient's private medical attendant, and he was at once
removed by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to Rotherhithe.
He had resided at the house for some months.
No information as to how he had contracted the disease
was obtained. He had been vaccinated when a child, but
not since.
No; 23.—On January 27th I received a notification certificate
of a case of small-pox at Brunswick Terrace. Upon
inquiry I found that the patient C— M—, age 23, a carpenter,
residing at the above address, was first taken ill on
January 20th. A rash appeared on January 27th. The
patient was removed the same day by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board to the hospital at Darenth. He had
resided at the house for many years, but he had lately, for
about six weeks previous to his being taken ill, been working
at the new small-pox hospital at Dartford, which is near
Gore Farm Hospital. He had been lately sleeping at a
temperance hotel, at Dartford. He was vaccinated when a
child, but not since. I understand that many cases of
small-pox have occurred among the employes at this
hospital. It is greatly to be regretted that the Metropolitan
Asylums Board have not deemed it to be necessary
to require that all employes at this hospital who have to
work in the neighbourhood of an occupied small-pox
hospital should be re-vaccinated. If public bodies do not
realise the importance of protecting their employes by
vaccination, how can we expect private individuals and
private firms to do so ?
No. 24.—Case of M— G—, age 14, a packer and sorter, employed
at a laundry, and residing at Leffern Road, Shepherd's
Bush. She was first taken ill on January 25th. A rash
appeared on January 27th. The case was diagnosed by
the patient's private medical attendant on January 29th,
and removed the same day by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board to Rotherhithe. She had resided in the house for
some months. There had been no case of illness lately at
the house, nor was I able to obtain any evidence as to the
source of infection. She had been vaccinated in infancy*
but never re-vaccinated.
No. 25.—Case of R— R—, age 36, residing at Woodstock Road.
She was first taken ill on January 20th. A rash appeared
on January 31st, when the case was diagnosed as variola
by the patient's private medical attendant, and she was
removed the same day by the Metropolitan Asylums Board