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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1896. 77
Copy of Placard Distributed within the Parish on
Smallpox and its Prevention.
The best means of Preventing the Attack of the Disease, and of Stopping it when
it has Broken Out.
It is required by law that every child be vaccinated within three months of its
birth ; parents or persons in charge of infants are liable to prosecution and fines for
omission.
It cannot be too widely known that vaccination is one of the best means of
preventing an attack of Small-pox.
All persons above twelve years of age should be re-vaccinated.
When Small-pox prevails in a family or neighbourhood, every person should be
immediately re-vaccinated.
When an individual has Small-pox, everything should be done to separate the
person attacked from those around.
Since Small-pox is pre-eminently contagious in all stages of the disease every case
should at once be removed to a Small-pox Hospital.
If the patient be treated at home, the sickroom should be cleared of all needless
furniture, including woollen or other draperies, which serve to harbour contagion.
No person should be allowed to enter the room, except those who are attending
upon the sick.
Where persons have had Small-pox, whether they get well or die, the room in
which they have been ill, and all articles therein should be disinfected.
The inhabitants of the parish who may at any time have any bedding or clothing
which requires to be disinfected, are requested to give notice thereof without delay at
the Vestry Hall, Borough Road ; such articles will then be removed by the officers of
the Vestry, disinfected, and returned without any charge whatever.
F. J. WALDO, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
PUBLIC VACCINATORS.
Dr. MATCHAM, 9, St. Geoge's Circus.
Every Monday at 2 o'clock.
Dr. WILLIS, 216, New Kent Road.
Every Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
Dr. JONES, 61, Nelson Square, Blackfriars Road.
Every Friday at 2 o'clock.