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SMALL-POX.
During 1903, only one case of small-pox occurred in Finsbury.
This occurred in a man, B. W., aged 49, residing at 21, Pentonville
Road, N., which is a Common Lodging House. He commenced
his illness on December 10th, the rash appeared on
December 14th, and he was notified to me on December 15th,
and at once removed to Long Reach. He was a common
labourer who had been out of work for some time, and who came
from Southwark on December 9th. As the result of enquiries
at Southwark it appears that this man was an inmate of the
Christ Church Workhouse from November 20th to December
9th, and was in bed the whole time. No direct information relating
to his infection has been obtainable, but as there have been
a number of cases in connection with the Christ Church Workhouse
and a Common Lodging House in Southwai-k during the
last two or three months, it is extremely likely that this man obtained
his infection by contact with a previous case in that
Borough. T wenty-eight residents (out of 49) at this lodging-house
submitted to re-vaccination, which was carried out by the Public
Vaccinator for the District. The whole of the premises were
most thoroughly and completely disinfected, and the names and
occupations of all the residents were taken, and other measures
adopted with the view of preventing any spread of the disease.
Up to the present no further cases have been notified to me.
The case in question was one of Confluent Small-pox.
VACCINATION.
The returns for vaccination will be found in an appendix to
the present report.
For purposes of reference the returns of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board as to vaccination of the 9,658 cases of smallpox
is also added. From these figures it will be seen :—