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he had made a call at a house in Limehouse where small-pox had
existed.
The wife of the patient was re-vaccinated and the two infants,
aged 5 months, were vaccinated, and remained at the Council's
Shelter until danger caused through the infection had passed.
(41) June 26th. Male, aged 26 years, High Street, Bromley.
Patient had visited, at Palmerston Road, Forest Gate, on the
12th June, his sister, who was suffering from small-pox.
On the 14th June, the patient was notified as a contact by the
Medical Officer of Health of the Walthamstow Urban District
Council, his clothes were disinfected and he was advised to get
himself re-vaccinated, as well as all his household.
After the patient's removal, his wife and servant were re-vaccinated
and his children were vaccinated.
(42) May 6th. Male, aged 19 years, Tetley Street, second
case in house, brother of patient removed on the 22nd April.
Vaccinated in infancey. Mild discrete attack. Refused re-vaccination
at the time his six brothers and sisters and uncle were
vaccinated or re-vaccinated.
The usual precautions were taken in all the above cases.
The contacts were notified by telephone and afterwards by
letter to the Medical Officers of the districts in which they lived
or gained their livelihood, and if contacts worked in the Poplar
district, the firms for whom they were engaged were notified, and
requested not to allow them to remain at work until they had had
a bath and their clothes disinfected.
The rooms from which the patients were removed were disinfected
with formalin, stripped of their paper (if any) and then
either washed down or limewhitened.
Enquiries were made in all instances as to who executed the
laundry work.
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