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persons who were working at these Hospitals, amongst which
number there was one death. Five cases also arose in the
families of persons so employed, with one death, and one case
being in the person of a visitor to the Small-pox Ships, who
refused revaccination.
The method adopted for dealing with the outbreak has been
outlined on several occasions, and therefore it will not be
necessary to detail the system at the present time.
The shelters provided by this Council for the use of persons
living in infected houses whilst their premises are being thoroughly
disinfected, were freely made use of, and nine cases of the disease
were actually removed from the shelters, having arisen amongst
the persons being kept there for the above purposes.
Twenty-eight adults and 20 children were received into Oak
House, East Street, and remained there for a total period of 341
days, or an average of seven days each. Six adults and three
children were received into the Blackwall Lane Shelter, and
stayed for a total of 140 days, or an average of 15.5 days each.
Enquiry was always made in reference to the names and
addresses of all persons who had been in contact with the disease,
and there were 658 of such persons living in this Borough who
had been in contact with cases arising in the Borough, whilst
information respecting 74 other persons was received from the
Medical Officers of Health of other districts, stating that they had
been in contact with cases in such districts, and accordingly the
whole of the 731 such persons were kept under observation
throughout the whole period of incubation of the disease.
Amongst these contacts who were thus under observation, 21