Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Special report on small-pox in Bermondsey from October 12th, 1901, to September 6th, 1902
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Table VI.
Sex.
Address.
Position
as
regards
Wharf.
Probable or Possible Source of Infection.
No.
Date.
Initials of
Patient.
Age.
1901
Oct. 27
1
Elgar Street
Used to converse with men employed at
South Wharf.
F. B.
17
M
S
S
Odessa Street
Indefinite.
2
Dec. 3
F. G.
4
M
G. G.
42
M
Do.
S
Indefinite; sailor; worked about river;
possibly came in contact with the
ambulance boats.
3
„ 3
„ 3
1902
R. G.
M
Do.
S
Indefinite.
4
40
Indefinite; used to stand and watch
passing ambulances.
Jan. 10
R. C.
F
Rotherhithe Street
W
5
16
T. T.
M
Odessa Street
S
From Nos. 2, 3 and 4, same house.
6
„ 13
18
J. D.
Rotherhithe Street
N
Indefinite.
7
„ 13
49
M
F
S
Shop; men from ambulance steamers
frequently purchased food here.
8
„ 21
M. B.
35
Derrick Street ···
No. 8 ; contact from same house.
9
„ 29
H.B.
63
M
Do.
S
Ran about streets; may have been in
infected shop, which is close (No. 8);
he frequently looked through the
ambulance windows while they were
waiting admission through the gates
at South Wharf.
10
„ 29
W. M.
6
M
Do.
S
Employed as ostler at Acorn Stables,
Rotherhithe Street. Miss C., who
lived next door to the stables, was
removed with small-pox, and her
brother was in and out the stables
with this patient continually.
Feb. 10
J. S.
17
M
Sedgers Buildings
S
11
12
E. C.
29
F
Elgar Street
S
Patient bought her groceries at address of
case No. 9, and was in the shop a few
hours before No. 8 was removed. No
information as to whether she was in
shop at time of removal of No. 9.
„ 18
April 26
M.A.G.
19
F
Faustin Place
N
Worked in Deptford, and visited a young
man in that Borough who had returned
from the hospital ships.
13
May 11
T.J.P.
15
M
Derrick Street
S
Worked at a coke factory in the Minories.
On the week previous to his removal
he was working with two boys whose
brother and sister had been removed
with small-pox a week before. These
boys did not stop away from work at
all.
14
F
Rotherhithe Street
Builder's foreman of extension buildings,
South Wharf, lodged here.
15
June 2
W. P.
12
N
Do.
16
„ 5
E. E. N.
28
F
N
Indefinite; watched friend being removed
to Wharf from Silver Street.
17
„ 9
A. B.
3
F
Do.
N
Close to No. 15. Mother, a school teacher
in Lewisham, left the child during
her absence by day in the charge of
some neighbours.
Do.
18
„ 13
A.J.P.
10
M
N
Contact from No. 15, same house.
19
„ 14
A. P.
20
F
Do.
N
Do.
20
„ 18
A. P.
16
F
Do.
N
Do.
21
July 28
E. W.
65
F
Castles Buildings
S
Indefinite. About a fortnight previous
to removal she came in contact, in a
bus which starts from the "Acorn,"
Rotherhithe Street, near the Wharf,
with a boy just returning from the
hospital ships.
22
Aug. 12
C. W.
58
M
Do.
S
Contact from No. 21, same house.
23
„ 20
J. M.
44
F
Faustin Place
N
Indefinite.
24
„ 27
A. T.
32
F
Castles Buildings···
S
Attended to case No. 22 after removal of
case No. 21.
25
Sept. 4
E. P.
42
F
Faustin Place
N
Sister to case No. 23; visitors.
26
T. M.
77
M
Do.
N
„ 6
Contact from case No. 23, same house.
27
„ 6
T. M.
23
M
Do.
N
Do.
Table VI.
No. | Date. | Initials of Patient. | Age. | Sex. | Address. | Position as regards Wharf. | Probable or Possible Source of Infection. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1901 Oct. 27 | F. B. | 17 | M | Elgar Street | S | Used to converse with men employed at South Wharf. |
2 | Dec. 3 | F. G. | 4 | M | Odessa Street | S | Indefinite. |
3 | „ 3 | G. G. | 42 | M | Do. | S | Indefinite; sailor; worked about river; possibly came in contact with the ambulance boats. |
4 | „ 3 1902 | R. G. | 40 | M | Do. | S | Indefinite. |
5 | Jan. 10 | R. C. | 16 | F | Rotherhithe Street | W | Indefinite; used to stand and watch passing ambulances. |
6 | „ 13 | T. T. | 18 | M | Odessa Street | S | From Nos. 2, 3 and 4, same house. |
7 | „ 13 | J. D. | 49 | M | Rotherhithe Street | N | Indefinite. |
8 | „ 21 | M. B. | 35 | F | Derrick Street ··· | S | Shop; men from ambulance steamers frequently purchased food here. |
9 | „ 29 | H.B. | 63 | M | Do. | S | No. 8 ; contact from same house. |
10 | „ 29 | W. M. | 6 | M | Do. | S | Ran about streets; may have been in infected shop, which is close (No. 8); he frequently looked through the ambulance windows while they were waiting admission through the gates at South Wharf. |
11 | Feb. 10 | J. S. | 17 | M | Sedgers Buildings | S | Employed as ostler at Acorn Stables, Rotherhithe Street. Miss C., who lived next door to the stables, was removed with small-pox, and her brother was in and out the stables with this patient continually. |
12 | „ 18 | E. C. | 29 | F | Elgar Street | S | Patient bought her groceries at address of case No. 9, and was in the shop a few hours before No. 8 was removed. No information as to whether she was in shop at time of removal of No. 9. |
13 | April 26 | M.A.G. | 19 | F | Faustin Place | N | Worked in Deptford, and visited a young man in that Borough who had returned from the hospital ships. |
14 | May 11 | T.J.P. | 15 | M | Derrick Street | S | Worked at a coke factory in the Minories. On the week previous to his removal he was working with two boys whose brother and sister had been removed with small-pox a week before. These boys did not stop away from work at all. |
15 | June 2 | W. P. | 12 | F | Rotherhithe Street | N | Builder's foreman of extension buildings, South Wharf, lodged here. |
16 | „ 5 | E. E. N. | 28 | F | Do. | N | Indefinite; watched friend being removed to Wharf from Silver Street. |
17 | „ 9 | A. B. | 3 | F | Do. | N | Close to No. 15. Mother, a school teacher in Lewisham, left the child during her absence by day in the charge of some neighbours. |
18 | „ 13 | A.J.P. | 10 | M | Do. | N | Contact from No. 15, same house. |
19 | „ 14 | A. P. | 20 | F | Do. | N | Do. |
20 | „ 18 | A. P. | 16 | F | Do. | N | Do. |
21 | July 28 | E. W. | 65 | F | Castles Buildings | S | Indefinite. About a fortnight previous to removal she came in contact, in a bus which starts from the "Acorn," Rotherhithe Street, near the Wharf, with a boy just returning from the hospital ships. |
22 | Aug. 12 | C. W. | 58 | M | Do. | S | Contact from No. 21, same house. |
23 | „ 20 | J. M. | 44 | F | Faustin Place | N | Indefinite. |
24 | „ 27 | A. T. | 32 | F | Castles Buildings··· | S | Attended to case No. 22 after removal of case No. 21. |
25 | Sept. 4 | E. P. | 42 | F | Faustin Place | N | Sister to case No. 23; visitors. |
26 | „ 6 | T. M. | 77 | M | Do. | N | Contact from case No. 23, same house. |
27 | „ 6 | T. M. | 23 | M | Do. | N | Do. |