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Wandsworth 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(45.) E. W., aged 12, of York Road, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 3rd March. Patient assisted in her father's
coffee shop at above address. No history of infection
could be ascertained.
(46.) M. G., aged 15, of Garratt Lane, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 4th March. The first symptoms appeared on
the 1st March. Removed to Hospital on the 4th
March. No history of infection could be ascertained.
(47.) S. F., aged 29, of Defoe Road, Tooting. Notified on
the 4th March. 1 he iirst symptoms appeared on the
26th February. Removed to Hospital on the 4th
March. Patient was in Battersea on the 16th February,
had never been out of the immediate neighbourhood
since. No history of infection could be ascertained.
(48.) J. K., aged 25, of Heath Road, Clapham. Notified on
the 5th March. Patient fell ill on the 1st March, and
was removed to Hospital on the 5th. Patient was a
compositor, working in the City. No history of infection
could be ascertained. Unvaccinated. Fatal.
(49.) W. L. aged 25, of Ramsden Road, Balham. Notified
on the 6th March. Patient fell ill on the 3rd March,
and the rash appeared on the 5 th. Removed to
Hospital on the 6th March. Patient was a bricklayer,
employed at St. Swithin's Lane, City. No history of
infection could be ascertained.
(50.) M. C., aged 38, of Rectory Gardens, Clapham. Notified
on the 6th March. The first symptoms appeared
on the 3rd, and she was removed to Hospital on the
6th. Patient was probably infected by her husband
who visited the Small-pox Hospital Ships on the 5th
February, and on the 19th February she washed some
clothes he had on at the time of his visit to the Ships.
(51.) M. T., aged 34, of Foxbourne Road, Balham. Notified
on the 7th March. The first symptoms appeared on
the 1st March. Removed on the 7th March. Vaccinated
in infancy. No definite history of infection
could be ascertained.