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removed the some day by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board to Rotherhithe. He had resided at the house for
some years. There had been no case of illness lately at
the house, and no evidence as to how he had contracted
the disease was obtainable. He had been vaccinated in
infancy, but never re-vaccinated.
"No. 6C>.—Case of K— M—, age 28, no occupation, married, residing
in Stowe Road. She was first taken ill on May 4th. A
rash appeared on May 6th. The case was notified to me
as variola (?) on May 7th. I visited the patient, and
diagnosed the disease as variola on the some day, and the
patient was removed by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
on May 8th to Rotherhithe. The patient at first demurred
to go to an Asylums Board Hospital, but after persuasion
consented on the 8th to be removed. She had resided at
the house for seven weeks. There had been no previous
case of illness lately at the house. It appears that about
twelve days before the patient was taken ill she visited
No. —, Tavistock Road, Kensington, where her brotherin-law
had lately died from variola, and it was said that
she took down a pair of curtains from the room in which
the patient had died, but that previous to her visit, the
room was said to have been disinfected by the Kensington
Borough Council. Upon receipt of the information, I
telephoned to the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington,
and suggested to him to take into consideration as to
whether he would have the room again disinfected. She
had been vaccinated when a child, but never re-vaccinated;
No. C7.—Case of W— B—, age 24, a draughtsman and' designer,
employed at Hatton Street, Whitefriars, and residing
in Westwick Gardens. He was first taken ill on May 3rd.
A rash appeared on May 8th. The case was diagnosed as
variola by the patient's private medical attendant on
May 9th, and removed the some day by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board to Rotherhithe. He had resided at the
house for some years. There had been no previous case
of illness lately at the house, and no information was
obtainable as to how he had contracted the disease. No
information as to vaccination was obtained.
JNo. 08.—Case of A— H—, age 18, a laundrymaid, employed at
a laundry, and residing in Carthew Road. She was first
taken ill on May 7th. A rash appeared on May 10th.
The case was diagnosed by the patient's private medical
attendant as variola on May 11th, and removed the some
day by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to Rotherhithe