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25
SMALLPOX CONTACTS
Date of exposure
to infection Details of Contacts
13.3.50 London Airport reported that a man residing in
the Borough had been exposed to infection in
Kuwait, Arabia. He was vaccinated on the 5th
November, 1949, and kept under observation by
the Public Health Department from the 13th
March, 1950, until he left for Northern Ireland
on the 22nd March, and his Medical Officer of
Health in Northern Ireland was informed.
13.3.50 London Airport reported that another contact in
the Borough had been exposed to infection at the
same time. He was kept under observation until
he also left for Northern Ireland and his Medical
Officer of Health in Northern Ireland was
informed.
22.12.50 This contact had been exposed to infection during
the Brighton epidemic. He travelled home nightly
and the family was kept under observation by the
Sanitary Inspector who called on the family daily
to see a rash on the face and legs of a child in the
family. The doctor considered at first that this
might be Smallpox but the case was afterwards
diagnosed as Measles.