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days after being exposed to infection; became ill on April 7th; rash
appeared on April 8th; patient was removed on the latter date to South
Wharf, was isolated there for observation and then transferred to Joyce
Green Hospital. The attack was benign and the rash discrete. Patient
had evidently not been vaccinated soon enough after exposure to prevent
the disease. The inmates of the house, nine in number, who had all
bfeen vaccinated and re-vaccinated as the case might be on March 29th,
were again taken to the Council's Shelter to be bathed and their clothes
steamed whilst the house was being disinfected. A baby, aged 8 months,
included among the inmates, was not re-vaccinated, as vaccination had
already been performed.
In connection with the outbreak of smallpox, numerous contacts and
absentees from schools were reported to the Public Health Department,
and were kept under observation as much as possible.
(10.) A case of smallpox occurred in a male, aged 26 years, of Ford
Street. The case was notified on 29th April and removed to hospital
(South Wharf) same day, and thence to Joyce Green. The patient was
stated to have been vaccinated in infancy only. The mother (aged 65
years) of the patient was so upset upon hearing that her son had been
removed suffering from smallpox that she died suddenly, and her body
was taken to the infectious disease mortuary pending the inquest. The
patient (who is uncle of the child, aged 6 years, No. 2 above, who was
removed from a house in Eglinton Road) was taken ill on the 23rd April;
rash appeared on the 27th; he was at his work in the City (being
employed as a packer of toys and sundries) all day on the 28th, and on
the 29th went to Bartholomew's Hospital. The Medical Officer of Health
for the City of London was communicated with, and the patient's father,
sister and brother were taken to the Council's Shelter pending the disinfection
of the whole house. The father, sister and brother were
re-vaccinated on the day of removal of the patient after having been
exposed to infection for some days. The father was a brush maker and a
large quantity of material for brushmaking to the value of six pounds had
to be destroyed. The sister was a homeworker and there was a quantity
of material upon the premises which was taken away and disinfected.
(11.) A case of smallpox occurred in a male, aged 26 years,
vaccinated in infancy, a lodger in Merchant Street, Bromley. The patient
fell ill on the 12th May, the rash (benign discrete) appeared on the 14th,
and the case was removed to hospital on May 15th. Patient was
employed as a stick mounter by a City firm, and he stated he had attended
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on April 29th, and was in the same room