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32 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
on the 28th April from Kamballa Road, Battersea. She.
refused to be re-vaccinated on that date, but was re-vaccinated
on the 1st May. All the other occupants of the
house, five in number, were re-vaccinated.
(6). W. S., aged 14, of Wardley Street, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 18th May. Patient was a schoolboy, but assisted his
father at a fruit stall. No definite history of infection could
be ascertained, but he had been in Croydon selling fruit at
his father's stall on the critical days. Great difficulty was
experienced in persuading the contacts with this case to be
re-vaccinated, but six out of the 11 contacts in the house
were done, while one was a child under three years of age
who had been vaccinated in infancy, and four other persons
in contact with the case were also re-vaccinated. One
contact, a schoolboy, who was in contact with the patient at
the first onset of the illness had been re-vaccinated in 1902.
The Shelter at the Putney Wharf was used by two adults
and two children for two nights.
(7). J. C., aged 30, inmate of H.M. Prison, Wandsworth.
fied on the 25th May. Patient was lodging up to the 16th
May at a Common Lodging House in North Holt Road,
Roxeth, Harrow. The Medical Officer of Health for that
district was informed of the case.
(8). A. S., aged 7½, of Wardley Street, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 31st May. Patient was infected by brother (Case
No. 6) who was removed to hospital on the 18th May.
Patient was not re-vaccinated until five days after exposure
of infection. The Shelter at the Putney Wharf was used
by two adults and one child from this house for three nights.
(9). M. H., aged 5, of Lydden Grove, Wandsworth. Notified on
the 16th June. Returned home same day—not Small-pox.
(10). W. B., aged 39, of Glenburnie Road, Streatham. Notified
on the 22nd June. Patient was a blacksmith employed in
Balham High Road. No definite history of infection could
be ascertained. He went by electric tram to Blackfriars on
the 6th June and walked through the New Cut. He was
probably infected by an unrecognised case in that neighbourhood.