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The Clerk to the Guardians, Mr. F. W. Piper, has kindly
furnished me with information relating to the amounts paid
by the Guardians in respect to Vaccination during the
outbreak. The total sum paid to the five Public Vaccinators
and the Vaccination Officer during the nine months ending
Midsummer, 1902, was Bs. 3d.
This statement of expenses does not take into account the
fees paid to private practitioners for vaccination, nor the losses
sustained by individuals by reason of the outbreak. Many
wage-earners lost their employment because Small-pox had
occurred in the houses in which they were living, and much
hardship was experienced in this way by the poor. Small-pox
brings many evils in its train quite apart from the actual
suffering caused by the disease.
In concluding this report, I must acknowledge the great
services rendered in connection with the outbreak by the Chief
Sanitary Inspector and the whole of the staff of the Health
Department. Where all have worked so well, and with such
devotion to duty, it is perhaps invidious to particularise, but
special mention should be made of the ability and zest with
which Inspector Chuter carried out his work.