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SHELTER.
During the year, 1341 persons passed through the Council's
Shelter in Yeo Street.
SMALL-POX.
In September, a "Special Report" was presented to the Council
respecting the outbreak of Small-pox which had occurred within the
Borough between the 21st September, 1901, and the 6th September,
1902.
The "Special Report" gave statistics as to the staff and routine
work, number of cases of Small-pox notified and isolated, number of
cases removed to the Isolation Wharves of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, but returned home as not having Small-pox, the number of
premises from which the cases were notified and the number of
Chicken-pox patients notified between the 2nd February and the
6th September.
The Report also stated the address, sex and age of each patient,
and the date of the notification; date, sex, age, address, and
particulars of death were supplied in every fatal case.
The expenditure in detail was set out with regard to the maintenance
of contacts in their Homes and at the Council's Shelters.
A list was also given of Rooms, etc., cleansed and lime-whited by
direct labour after cases of Small pox.
The above information having already been afforded, there can be
no need in this Report to repeat it.
A Report in the form of " Remarks with charts of notifications
and certain meteorological conditions" relating to Small-pox was
also presented to the Council.
During the year, 626 cases of Small-pox were notified in the
Borough : 200 Poplar, 232 Bromley, and 194 in Bow. See Table XX.
There were 30 deaths in Poplar, 30 in Bromley, and 33 in Bow,
making a total of 93 deaths for the Borough.