Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The cases occurred in the under-mentioned sanitary districts:—
East Combined | 23 |
West Combined | 17 |
Poplar South (West) | 15 |
Bromley North | 19 |
Bromley Central | 6 |
Bow East | 9 |
Bow West | 12 |
101 |
Cases | |
---|---|
32 houses in which 1 case of Smallpox occurred | 32 |
8 ,, ,, 2 cases ,, ,, | 16 |
6 ,, ,, 3 ,, ,, ,, | 18 |
2 ,, ,, 4 ,, ,, ,, | S |
2,, ,, 6 ,, ,, ,, | 12 |
1 house,, 7 ,, ,, ,, | 7 |
1 ,, ,, 8,, ,, ,, | 8 |
Total | 101 |
Total number of cases 101 | |
,, ,, houses 52 |
In Table II it will be seen that of the 101 cases no less than 85 were
unvaccinated, and that in this group nearly 94 per cent. of the cases
occurred before the age of 35, whereas in the vaccinated group, the majority
of cases occurred after the age of 35. The vaccinated cases were vaccinated
once only—13 in infancy and one at 21 years of age. This patient showed
only one cicatrice.