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The incidence of Smallpox in houses is shown below.
Cases.
31 houses in which 1 case of Smallpox occurred 31
16 ,, ,, 2 cases ,, ,, 32
11 " " 3 " " " 33
7 " " 4 " " 28
2 " " 5 " " 10
1 house " 7 " " 12
3 houses " 8 " " " 24
Total 177
Total number of cases 177
,, ,, houses 73
Table II it will be seen that of the 177 cases no less than 162 were
unvaccinated, and that in this group nearly 90 per cent, of the cases
occured before the age of 35, whereas in the vaccinated group all the
cases occurred after the age of 35. The vaccinated cases were vaccinated
once only—in infancy.
TABLE II.
Age, Sex and Vaccinated State of Cases of Smallpox.
Ages.
Under
5
years.
5—
10—
15—
20—
35—
45—
65
and
over.
All
Ages.
Vaccinated M.
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
3
8
F.
-
-
-
-
-
1
4
1
6
Unvaccinated M.
6
21
20
14
19
2
1
2
85
f.
4
21
19
7
14
8
4
—
77
Doubtful M.
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
F.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Totals
10
42
39
21
33
12
14
6
177
T1-1
e type of disease continued mild and no deaths occurred.
cases were removed from a Common Lodging House.
Ojj ^ ^ to the middle of September there were only 24 cases notified, but
Cfjj , l2th September a patient in Bow was notified as suffering from
'>ox > and on being examined by a medical officer of this DepartWas
^ound to be suffering from Smallpox. Enquiry at the home of