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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
One of the cases in Wandsworth was notified from H.M.
Prison.
In one house, five cases occurred; in two, three cases occurred
in each; in one, two; and in 11, one case occurred in each.
The following list gives the particulars of all the cases notified
during the year: —
(1). M.H., aged 26, of Trinity Road, Wandsworth. Notified on
the 27th January. Returned home next day—not Smallpox.
(2). R. M., aged 2¼, of St. James' Terrace, Wimbledon Road,
Streatham. Notified on the 28th April. Returned home
same day—not Small-pox.
(3). H. H., aged 29, of Lower Orchard Street, Clapham.
fied on the 28th April. I visited the premises and saw the
patient before he was removed to hospital. He was a
labourer out of work and had been travelling about Croydon
and Mitcham seeking for work for three weeks. He was
probably infected by a patient suffering from Small-pox
while in either of these two districts. The patient's room
was disinfected and cleansed, and as his wife had no proper
accommodation at home, she was removed to the Council's
Shelter at Larch Road. All the occupiers of the house
were advised to be re-vaccinated, and seven out of the
nine were re-vaccinated the same evening by the Public
Vaccinator, the other two, however, refused to be done.
(4). M. B., aged 40, of Hambro Road, Streatham. Notified on
the 1st May. This patient contracted the disease at Wallington
in Surrey from a boy who was removed to hospital
suffering from Small-pox on the 14th April. The Medical
Officer of Health for the Croydon Rural District had previously
notified to me that the woman was a contact, but
she refused to be re-vaccinated as her husband had conscientious
objections. I visited the premises and advised
the husband to be re-vaccinated, and this was done the
same evening.
(5). F. S., aged 24, of Gartmoor Gardens, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 10th May. Patient was a laundress employed at a
laundry in JBattersea. She was infected by a case removed