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Hanover Square 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Street, had been vaccinated at the National Vaccine by
Mr. Carpue; cicatrices splendid; disease very mild.
A boy of 10, at 41, Thomas Street; a girl of 10, 8,
Lancashire Court; vaccinated.
Besides the above cases on record at public institutions,
we heard of cases at 18, Queen Street, where three children
of the same family as Jane A. had the disease. They
had all been vaccinated in early life, and their arms present
perfect models of cicatrices; but it must be added
that the only one of them who had the disease severely
was Jane A., who had already had it once, after vaccination!
A boy from 16, Davies Mews, removed to the hospital;
the assistant of a medical gentleman in Mount Street;
six children at 2, Tom's Court; five of them vaccinated;
one had been three times attempted, but the vaccination
had failed; a girl of 8, at Anderson's Stables, Brick
Street; and a man at 21, Bloomfield Buildings. Several
other cases were reported, which were not substantiated.
Besides the above cases from the Hanover and Mayfair
districts, there were received into the wards at Mount
Street, from Belgravia:
I860—Jan. 23. Henry W., set 23,26, "Westbourne St.
vaccinated.
„ Feb. 4. Elizabeth Gr., æt 26,16, King's Row.
„ „ 15. Martha B.,æt 15,16,Wilton Crescent,
vaccinated.
„ ,, 21. Charles P., æt 18, 1, Flask Row.
„ Mar. 4. Sarah A., æt 59,Grosvenor Row,(died).
,, ,, 9. Henry Potter, æt 32, 6, Gillingham
Street, (died) vaccinated.
„ „ 12. Thos. B., æt 18, 4, Robert Street,
unvaccinated.