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Of the cases giving rise to secondary attacks, the following
are the most noteworthy:—
On January 16th, I was asked to see a woman and her
child residing in Reporton Boad, whom I found suffering from
Small-pox and on making enquiries found that they had both
been in the habit of visiting the adjoining house in which a
woman (Mrs.B.) died, on December 30th, from, as returned at the
inquest, Peritonitis, two days after confinement, but I ascertained
that this woman's husband (J.B.) had been, about November
29th, in the company of W.N., a plasterer, residing at Bowton
House, who, as mentioned in the report for 1901, had been
working in Fulham while suffering from Small-pox, and had
infected 10 persons. J.B. fell ill about December 10th, had a rash
and was attended by a medical practitioner, who considered him
to be suffering from Acne. His wife was taken ill on December
30th, was confined on December 31st, and died on January 2nd,
doubtless from Small-pox, and her baby was taken to a house
in Sherbrooke Boad, died there on January 8th from unrecognised
Small-pox, and gave rise to 4 other cases in that house.
The succession of cases to which W.N. gave rise were as
under:—