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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
to Pimlico. She is convalescent and scabbing freely.
She had been about the house for three or four days,
but had not been outside.
(l2.) W. E., aged 4½, of Brayburne Avenue, Clapham.
Notified on the 21st January. The rash appeared on
the 19th January. Infected by sister. Unvaccinated.
Fatal.
(13.) D. G. R., aged 22, of Renshaw Street, Clapham. Notified
on the 21 st January. This man fell ill on the 18th
January. He was a slater's labourer and works at
W.'s, Upper Tulse Hill. No history of infection could
be ascertained, but he informed me that he knew a
man who had been removed from Lambeth on the 7th
January. For the last fortnight he had been at work
in Brompton Road.
(14.) M. B., aged 20, of York Terrace, Clapham. Notified
on the 22nd January. Notified to the Borough of
Lambeth as suffering from haemorrhagic Scarlet Fever.
Information was received from the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, stating that it was Small-pox. Infected
by her brother in Lambeth, a concealed case,
who also infected several others. Fatal.
(15.) J. S. H., aged 21, of Thurlow Street, Clapham. Notified
on the 22nd January. This man was taken ill on the
19th January, and the rash appeared on the 21st. He
was removed to Hospital on the 22nd January. He
was a bottler, employed by the D. S. W. M. Co., Bishops
Court, Old Bailey. The source of infection could not
be ascertained.
(16.) S. H, aged 24, of Carfax Square, Clapham. Not Smallpox.
(17.) J. S., aged 18, of Nursery Street, Clapham. Notified on
the 23rd January. This man was a coalman, employed
by C., of Lollard Street, Lambeth. No history of infection
could be traced. The first symptoms appeared
on the 20th January, and the rash on the 22nd. He was
removed to Hospital on the 23rd January. Patient