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the men died. The patient was detained a few days and then
discharged. All were supposed to be suffering from "Java"
fever.
He took train to London and arrived on September 28th. He
went to his sister's house in the East End and found that she and
her husband were hop-picking in Kent. He followed her there the
next day and stayed with her family—feeling very ill. They all
slept in a barn. The patient, his sister and her husband came to
London by train on September 30th and proceeded immediately
to their home in the East End.
This sister, her husband and other persons in the "buildings"
were infected by the patient, who eventually died on October 9th,
1909, of severe and confluent Small-pox.
CHOLERA.
In September, 1909, cases of Cholera occurred at St. Petersburg
and Rotterdam. Persons travelling from these ports into
England were required to give their correct names and destinations
to the Port Medical Officer of the port of entry in England,
who then forwarded these to the Medical Officer of Health of the
district concerned so that these contacts might be kept under
supervision.
In this way the names and Finsbury addresses of 38 persons
who had been in contact with cases of Cholera were received by
the Council's Medical Officer from the Port Medical Officers of
London and Harwich.
The persons travelling were then visited at intervals while they
remained in Finsbury:—
This supervision was often thwarted, however, and the work
rendered fruitless for the following reasons:—
One person gave an accommodation address and could not be
traced.