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of which was removed to hospital, whilst he was there, suffering,
as alleged, from small-pox. From her it is supposed that he
contracted the disease. The men tramped thence to Worthing,
putting up for a few nights at a lodging house, whence, it is
said, a man was removed to hospital, suffering from small-pox,
during their stay. This man had previously been at Little¬hampton.
The brothers next moved to Shoreham, where C.
C- fell sick. Thence they walked to Brighton, and on the
21st March they came to London by train, going to the
common lodging house referred to above. The second case
was that of a boy, Walter M-, aged 2 years. He lived at a
little house, practically within the curtilage of the common
lodging house where he came into contact with C. C-; and
in due time he fell ill with small-pox. He was removed to
hospital April 7th. This boy's father, at some date not
exactly fixed, but after the child fell ill, left town on the tramp.
His wife, Jane M-, aged 23, fell ill on the 19th April, and
was removed to hospital on the 21st. The fourth case was
that of Annie H-, aged 23, wife of the keeper of the
common lodging house. She fell ill about the same time, and
was also removed on the 21st. The last case was that of
Walter M-, aged 31, who having gone, from London after
his boy's illness developed, returned home on April 23rd,
having fallen ill on the 21st. He was removed to hospital on
the 24th. It was stated that this man had stayed at Kingston
on the 16th April, at Horsham on the 17th, at Worthing on
the 18th, at Shoreham on the 19th, at Brighton on the 20th,
at Eastbourne (where he was alleged to have fallen ill) on the
21st, and at Lewes on the 22nd. From the latter town he
came home by train, as stated, on the 23rd. I need
hardly say that all necessary steps were taken for preventing
the spread of the disease, viz., by vaccination, and by closing
the common lodging and the other house for disinfection, with
the result that no further cases occurred. I communicated
the facts of the outbreak to the medical officers of health for
Littlehampton and Worthing, and for Eastbourne and Lewes,