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Lambeth 1902

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902

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(b) William G. H. C., aged 13 years, vaccinated, sickened January
7th, 1902, removed January 10th, 1902.
?(c) Ann B. C., aged 54 years, vaccinated and re-vaccinated (25
years ago), sickened January 9th, 1902, removed January 11th
1902.
(d) William J. B., aged 3 years, unvaccinated, sickened January
9th, 1902, removed January 11th, 1902.
?(e) Walter C. B., aged 37 years, vaccinated and re-vaccinated (13
years ago), sickened January 9th, 1902, removed January 11th,
1902.
(17-23) Seven other cases, traced also definitely to the unrecognised
case at 32d, The Grove (vide cases 12-16, 81-83, and the Special Report
in the Appendix) also occurred. Details are as follow: —
(a and b) Alfred W. and Alice W., of 1, Wilcox Road, Wandsworth
Road, aged 25 and 23 years respectively, both vaccinated,
sickened January 8th and 12th, 1902, and were removed
January 11th and 16th, 1902.
Alfred W. was the undertaker, who buried James B. C., of
32d, The Grove, Vauxhall, lifting the corpse into the coffin
on December 31st, 1901, and sickening 8 days afterwards
(?inoculation) ; and Alice W. is his wife (?inoculated from
gloves used by husband at his work).
(c) Eliza P., of 22, Bradley Street, near to 1, Wilcox Road, where
she was accustomed to run in and out, aged 11 years, unvaccinated,
sickened January 14th, 1902, and was removed
January 17th, 1902. Eliza P. probably caught the disease
from the infected gloves (or clothes) belonging to Alfred W.
(d) Arthur S., of 13, Heyford Avenue, South Lambeth Road, aged
27 years, vaccinated, sickened January 9th, 1902, and was removed
January 11th, 1902. Arthur S. visited James B. C., at
32d, The Grove, on December 29th, 1901.
(e) Kate B., of 8, Wandsworth Road, aged 40 years, vaccinated and
(?)revaccinated in 1872, sickened Jan., 14th, 1902, and was, on
January 17th, 1902, removed to Hospital, where she died on
January 19th, 1902. Kate B. in all probability contracted her
disease from the dead body of James B. C., at Tooting Cemetery
on January 6th, 1902.
(f) Nellie B., of 8 Wandsworth Road, aged 3 years, unvaccinated,
sickened the same day as her mother (Kate B.), viz., January
14th, 1902, having caught the disease probably from the same
source, and was removed on January 17th, 1902, to Hospital,
where she died on January 22nd, 1909
(g) Fanny A., of 41, The Grove, Vauxhall, aged 32 years, vaccin2
ated, sickened January 14th, 1902, and was removed to Hospital
on January 18th, 1902. Fanny A. contracted her disease
from passing 32d, The Grove, the infected house where several
case of Smallpox occurred (see cases 12-16).
(24 and 25) Frank P. R., aged 9 years, unvaccinated, sickened
January 8th, 1902, and was removed to Hospital on January 10th,
1902, from 28, Kennington Park Road, whence his sister, Alice E. J.