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Parish of Clapham.
On November 16th I was informed that a fireman,
J. F., aged 30, on the London and South Western Railway,
had been removed to hospital from Brandon Steeet, suffering
from Small Pox. I learned that in the course of his
work he slept one night at home the following night at
Exeter or Yeovil. On communicating with the Medical
Officers of Health at those places it appeared that no
case was known of at Yeovil, where the notification Act
was not in force however, but a case occurred there subsequently.
At Exeter the occupier of the house, where
J.F. slept, himself took small pox two days later than
J.F. It seems most likely that he and J. F. both caught
it from some pre-existing case, possibly at Yeovil. No
spread of infection from this patient took place in Clapham
however.
Scarlet Fever.
169 cases were notified compared with 303
and 199 in the two preceding years. The decrease from
last year was not very marked therefore. The deaths
were only three, two at hospital and one at home, as
against nine last year.
The monthly distribution of the cases is appended:—
January 8. July 23.
February 3. August 10.
March 10. September 16.
April 7. October 24.
May 15. November 17.
June 15. December 21.
There was a steady rise in the number of cases to a
maximum in October, broken, however, in August by a
fall from 23 to 10. This corresponds in time to the school
holidays which extend partially into September, during
which month there were 16 cases, There was a further
rise in the month of December, a feature not usual in the
case of this disease.