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Case 3.— On May 10th, at 9.30 p.m., I received a notification of
a case of small-pox in the person of F. B. (male, aged 34), residing
in Pollard Houses, Pentonville, N. His occupation was that
of a coffin-plate engraver, and he was employed in Euston Road, in
the Borough of St. Pancras, where he was last at work on May 7th.
His illness commenced on that day and the characteristic rash
appeared on May 10th. He had been vaccinated in infancy (three
marks), but had never been re-vaccinated.
About twenty men were employed at F. B.'s workplace, and one
man (F. C., 24, Peabody Buildings, Drury Lane, W.C.), was
removed with small-pox some five weeks earlier than F.B.'s illness.
It is therefore probable that F. B. did not contract infection from
him. But, on May 8th, Mrs. J. N. was removed from 46, Huntingdon
Street, Barnsbury, N., suffering from small-pox, and her
husband was also employed at this same workplace. It appears
that, about a fortnight before her removal, her husband was taken
ill with "influenza." He suffered from headache, fever, and a
rash. He was unable to continue his employment for two or three
days. These symptoms, history, and the dates suggest that J. N.
had small-pox, and was the common source of infection in his wife
and in F. B., and was also the intermediate case between F. C. and
F. B., the case removed by us.
Case 4.—On June 17th, I received a notification of a case of
small-pox, F. M. L. (female, aged 18 years), residing at 53, York
Road, E.C. Her occupation was that of a labeller, and she was
employed in this Borough. She was last at work on Saturday,
June 11th, and was removed to Hospital on Friday, June 17th, her
illness having commenced on the 14th, and the characteristic rash
appearing on the 17th June. She had never been vaccinated. It
was found impossible to actually locate the source of infection,
but she had been on occasions in an infected area, viz., Bethnal
Green.
Case 5.—I received a notification on June 22nd, of a case of
small-pox in the person of A. M. B. (female, aged 21 years), residing
at 33, Ironmonger Street. Her occupation was that of a machinist,
at a skirt-makers, in this Borough, and she was last at work on