View report page

27
Committee was also asked to consider the advisability of having a
stand-by apparatus erected at the disinfecting station, so that in the
event of a break-down with the present one, there would be no delay
in disinfecting.
The Committee deferred the consideration of the matter until it
was found out whether another apparatus could be fixed at the
existing station.
SMALL POX.
Two cases of small pox, one in Poplar and the other in Bromley,
were notified during the year.
The Poplar case was notified from Grosvenor Buildings The
patient was a winch-man on board a steamship in the Albert Dock.
The case had been seen by three medical men, and as there was a
difference of opinion I examined the patient and advised his removal
in order that he might be isolated and watched, the disease being
doubtful. The patient was removed and detained at the South
Wharf, and afterwards sent to the hospital ship. The Medical Officer
for the Port of London was communicated with.
On the 16th November I was called to a patient who appeared to
be suffering from a modified attack of small pox. Removal was
advised in order that the case might be isolated.
The patient was an Engineer's Steward on board the ss. "Arundel
Castle," and lodging in Bromley. He had one good vaccination
scar.
The ship left the Cape on the 13th or 14th of October and arrived
in London on 7th November. A passenger sickened with small pox
on the voyage home and was landed at Plymouth on 4th November.