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was removed to Hospital on July 8th, 1902. No other case arose
amongst the other 5 inmates (3 adults, vaccinated and re-vaccinated,
and 2 children under 12 years of age, both re-vaccinated at once).
(342) David W., aged 35 years, vaccinated, of 194 Norwood Road,
contracted Smallpox whilst at work (attending the Borough Market,
Southwark), sickened July 13th, 1902, and was removed to Hospital
on July 17th, 1902. No secondary case occurred amongst the ether
7 inmates (4 adults, all vaccinated and re-vaccinated at once, and 3
vaccinated children under 12 years of age, two of whom were also
re-vaccinated at once).
(343 and 344) Annie H., aged 30 years, vaccinated, contracted Smallpox
at Maidstone on July 1st, 1902, and sickened on July 14th, 1902,
at 3 Metropole Parade, Coldharbour Lane. She was removed to
Hospital on July 21st, 1902, having previously infected, on July 14th.
1902, her husband (Frank H., aged 27 years, vaccinated), who sickened
July 28th, 1902, and was removed July 31st, 1902.
(345-350) A series of 0 cases arose at 91a, Wandsworth Road, from
an unrecognised case, treated as Chickenpox, from July 7th to August
5th, 1902, on which day it was removed to Hospital (Nellie M. B., aged
8 years, vaccinated). At the time there were living in the house 8
other persons (3 adults, all vaccinated and 2 re-vaccinated, ; nd 5
children under 12 years of age, 4 vaccinated and 1 unvaccinated), and
of these 5 caught the disease as follow: —
(a) Eleanor G. B. (mother), aged 35 years, vaccinated, sickened
July 31st, 1902, dying on August 4th, 1902 (before removal
to Hospital).
(b) Amy G. B. (sister), aged 7 years, vaccinated, sickened July 21st,
1902, removed August 5th, 1902.
(c) Arthur C. B. (brother), aged 5 years, unvaccinated, sickened
July 31st, 1902, removed August 5th, 1902.
(d) Ernest R. B. (brother), aged 2 vears, vaccinated, sickened July
23rd, 1902, removed August 5th, 1902.
(e) Edwin R. B. (brother), aged 9 years, vaccinated, sickened July
23rd, 1902, removed August 5th, 1902.
The special preventive measures which were employed, and which
proved successful, not only in preventing the spread of the disease, but
also in stamping it out, are dealt with in the Annual Report 1901,
pages 71-81, and in the Special Report on the outbreak of Smallpox
in Lambeth Borough, 1901-2, printed in the Appendix to the present
(1902) Report.
Taking the 10 years 1891-1900, the Smallpox statistics for the old
Parish of Lambeth show annual averages of 1.1 deaths and 22 notifications,
as compared with, for the new Borough of Lambeth during
1901, 54 notifications and 4 deaths (case-mortality 7.4 per cent.), and
during 1902, 350 notifications and 60 deaths (case-mortality 17.1 per
cent.). The London figures are: —
1901—1700 cases and 229 deaths (case-mortality, 13.5).
1902—7794 cases and 1314 deaths (case-mortality, 16.9).
The Vaccination Returns of the Local Government Board for the
Borough of Lambeth are given in Tables 0 and R, dealing with the
whole year 1901 and the first half of 1902 respectively, given for
comparison with the Reports of former years, both of the new Borough,,
and the old Parish, of Lambeth.