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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1895. 31
Vestry asking to be furnished with a specific list of "cases which might have been
fairly isolated at home, but have been received to the exclusion of numbers of families
living in one or two rooms, often situated in a large block-buildings," but, up to the
present time, I have not received any reply.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) T. DUNCOMBE MANN,
Clerk to the Board.
Vestry Hall,
St. George's, Southwark, S.E.,
29th November, 1895.
Dear Sir,
In answer to your courteous letter of the 15th inst., addressed to the
Vestry Clerk of St. George's, Southwark, and handed to me for reply, I have
to say :—
First, with regard to cases which might have been isolated at home, and which
apppeared to me to have been received to the exclusion of members of families
living in one or two rooms, I append four fairly typical cases.
If your Board cares to investigate, I need hardly say I should be happy to
furnish all other details in my possession.
I may add that my wish in bringing forward this matter was to further the
interests of the parish, and in no way to add to the difficulties of the Asylums
Board.
Your assurance that the accommodation of the Board will be shortly increased
by the addition of three large new permanent hospitals is most satisfactory, and
will, no doubt, effectually do away with the need of any further complaints.
I am, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) F. J. WALDO, M.D.
T. Duncombe Mann, Esq.,
Clerk to the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
I.— F C , aged 4 years, ..., Southwark Bridge Road, notified as
suffering from diphtheria, by Dr. W..., on 28th June, and removed, on his advice,
to Guy's Hospital, from whence case was received into Asylums Board Hospital,
on 29th June, 1895.
II.— A C. , aged 6½ years, ..., Southwark Bridge Road, notified as
suffering from diphtheria by Dr. W..., of ..., Rodney Road, S.E., and sent on his
advice to Guy's Hospital, from whence patient was removed to Asylums Board
Hospital on 7th July, 1895.
N.B.—The above cases, I. and II., were removed from a house containing six
large rooms, and occupied by one family.
III.— V S , aged 6 years, ..., London Road (house with about eight
rooms, and occupied by one family only), notified as suffering from diphtheria, at the
" Golden Square Throat Hospital," by Dr. I , and removed to Asylums Board
Hospital on 22nd September, 1895.
N.B.—This case was sent to the Throat Hospital by the parents.
IV.— F L , aged 17 years, ..., Old Kent Road (a house with 14 to 16
rooms, and occupied by a single family), notified as suffering from diphtheria by Dr.
A of ..., Old Kent Road, and removed to South Eastern Asylums Board
Hospital on 9th October, 1895.
(Signed) F. J. WALDO, M.D.
29th November, 1895.