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BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S DEPARTMENT.
SMALL-POX.
Small-pox has been present in the Midlands and in
Lancashire and Yorkshire during the last year, and it has now
come to London.
Small-pox is a disfiguring disease, and it is often fatal.
Recently out of the first thirty-seven cases of Small-pox at Poplar
no less than eleven persons died.
Small-pox is very infectious, and spreads rapidly among
persons who have not been vaccinated.
People who have been recently vaccinated cannot be attacked
by Small-pox. The Nurses and Doctors who work in Small-pox
Hospitals never get the disease because they are vaccinated.
Vaccination is a very cheap and safe form of insurance
against this terrible disease.
Parents are advised to have their children vaccinated so that
they may be protected against Small-pox.
Vaccination can be performed by any private Doctor, or, free
of charge, by either of the Public Vaccinators, who are:—
Dr. S. C. Pritchard, 1, North Road, Highgate, N.6.
Dr. T. E. A. Pearman, 81, Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey, N.8.
Vaccination protects against Small-pox for at least seven
years. Persons who have not been vaccinated for seven years
are advised to be re-vaccinated.
A person sickening for Small-pox is ill for two days before
spots appear on the face, body and limbs. The advice of a Doctor
should at once be taken if these symptoms appear in any member
of the family.
A. T. NANKIVELL, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health and
School Medical Officer, Hornsey.
8th November, 1922.