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No. 75.—Case of W— C—, age 36, a. labourer, employed on buildings
in Francis Street, Westminster, and residing in Queen
Street. He was first taken ill on June 19th. He was sent
ill to the Fulham Infirmary on June 20th. A rash appeared
on June 22nd. The ease was diagnosed as variola on the
some day, and removed forthwith by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board to Rotherhithe. He had resided at the
house since February last. On June 9th, a child, age
seven years, was taken ill with what was then supposed
to be chicken-pox, and the case was notified to me as such.
As will be seen later in this report the case has now been
notified as variola by the some private medical attendant.
There can be, practically speaking, no doubt that the
patient W— C— contracted the disease from his son
William, who was supposed to be suffering from chickenpox.
He had been vaccinated when a child, but not since.
No. 76.—Case of E— C—, age 27, wife of a labourer, no occupation.
residing in Queen Street. She was first taken ill on
June 21st, a rash appeared on June 23rd, and the
case was diagnosed as variola by the patient's
private medical attendant, and removed the some
day by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to Rotherhithe.
She had resided at the house since February last. By
reference to case No. 77, it will be seen that the son of this
patient, William C—, was at the some time certified as
suffering from variola, and that he had been ill in the house
supposed to be suffering from chicken-pox since June 9th.
There can, therefore, be, practically speaking, no doubt
that she contracted the disease from her son.
No. 77.—Case of W— C—, age seven years, son of a labourer, and
residing in Queen Street. He was first taken ill about
June 8th. The case was notified as chicken-pox by the
patient's private medical attendant on June 9th, and was
diagnosed as variola by the some medical practitioner on
June 23rd, and removed the some day by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board to Rotherhithe. He had resided at the
house since February. There had been no previous case
of illness at the house, and no information was obtained
as to how he had contracted the disease. He had been
vaccinated when an infant, but not since.
No. 78—Case of A— 8—, age 21, a laundryman, employed at his
mother's laundry in Wharf Road, and residing at the some
address. He was first taken ill on June 19th. A rash
appeared on June 22nd. The case was diagnosed as