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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(25). R. J., aged 54, of Letchworth Street, Tooting. Notified on
the nth November. Infected by Case No. 19. Patient
refused re-vaccination at that time.
(26). A. I., aged 58, of Atheldene Road, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 27th November. No history of infection could be
ascertained. Patient must have been infected on the 9th
November either in the train or in the street when she
went to Westminster to see the Lord Mayor's Show.
(27 & 28). The following cases were the subject of a special
report:—
W. W., aged 2, and A. W., aged 4, notified on the 24th
December were infected by previous cases in the same
house. The history is extremely interesting and instructive,
and once more shows the powerful effect of vaccination,
and the difficulties which occasionally arise in
diagnosis.
On the 31st October, M. W. (Case No. 20), aged 7, was
removed as suffering from Small-pox to the South Wharf,
Rotherhithe, and was returned home the next day as not
having Small-pox. The notification, signed by Miss
Cameron, M.B., was received by me on the 2nd November.
This child had not been vaccinated in infancy, but was
vaccinated by the Medical Superintendent at the South
Wharf. I instructed the Sanitary Inspector to call, and to
inform me if the vaccination was successful, and on the
tenth day it was reported to me as a successful vaccination,
and the usual notification was sent to the South Wharf.
The parents were at that time strongly urged to have the
children vaccinated, but they refused.
There were two families in this house, one upstairs and
one downstairs, and the following list shows their sex,
ages, and condition as to vaccination: —
UPSTAIRS—(1). Male, aged 33, vaccinated in infancy.
(2). Female, aged 27, vaccinated in infancy,
and re-vaccinated in childhood.
(3). Female, aged 7, unvaccinated in
fancy, vaccinated at South Wharf.
(4). Female, aged 5, unvaccinated in
fancy.