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 Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Brick-street. Confluent small-pox one week. Mother
had small-pox on the third day after delivery. The infant
was vaccinated. The mother recovered."
In the Workhouse the deaths registered were 5.
June 21. Infant of Maria H., born in the Workhouse
30th May; attacked with small-pox June 14, died 21st.
Mentioned in last Quarterly Report, p. 10, not registered till
this quarter. Vaccination did not take.
June 21. James C., set. 26, native of Diss, Norfolk;
admitted from No. 5, Whittaker-street, Pimlico. Never
vaccinated.
28th June. Amelia S., 3£, from No. 4, Union-street,
Bond-street. No vaccine marks.
2nd July. C. W., set. 3, from the same house. Not
vaccinated.
(These last four cases were admitted last quarter, and
reckoned amongst the total number of small-pox cases for
that quarter; although they were not registered, and could
not be included in our death table till this quarter. We do
not include them in the total 46 for this quarter.)
9th July. George B., stableman, set. 26, admitted to the
sick wards from a lodging in South-street on 28th June.
Vaccinated.
The deaths in the Belgrave Sub-district were two.
5th August. A coachman, set. 35, at 90 Eaton-mews.
Confluent small-pox 10 days. Vaccinated.
8th August. A boy aged 6 weeks, at 1, Eliza-place.
Unvaccinated,
Of the small-pox cases generally, the histories are these—
Out of the 6 parish cases treated at home, four were
children in a family named G., at 8, Thomas-street, aged
respectively 12, 10, and 7 years, and 15 months. The last
had not been vaccinated—the others had been. A child named