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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
On the 3rd July I was informed by the Sanitary
Inspector that one girl had gone home to Myrtle Road,
Commercial Road, E., on Monday, the 24th June, not
feeling well. I at once telephoned to the Medical Officer
of Health for Stepney, and next day received a telephone
message from him to say that the girl had what was supposed
to be Chicken Pox, but that she was being kept under
observation.
In the majority of households the linen was disinfected,
but several persons refused to have it done. I instructed
the Sanitary Inspector to call again at these houses and
advise them to have the disinfection carried out.
On Saturday, the 6th July, I visited the house in Ellora
Road and saw a girl, A. R., who had slept with the girl
R. C., and found that she was suffering from headache,
backache, and fever. I communicated with her medical
attendant, asking him to keep the patient under close observation,
and on the 9th July I saw the girl again with him,
and found her suffering from well marked Small Pox. This
girl had been re-vaccinated along with the others, and the
re-vaccination had been successful, but she had no doubt
been infected on the 25th or 26th June. She was removed
to hospital that day and the premises were at once thoroughly
disinfected and cleansed.
I also on the 9th July saw all the employes at the laundry
with the exception of those residing in Mitcham, and they
were all in good health, and the re-vaccination in each case
was successfully performed.
These employes were kept under observation till the
15th, and, as no fresh cases occurred among them, they were
all allowed to return to work.
The household in Ellora Road from which the case was
removed on the 9th July were all successfully re-vaccinated,
and this household was kept under observation till the 22nd
July.