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second day all the household were re-vaccinated, the diagnosis
seemed doubtful on the fourth day, but was unmistakeable
directly after. The other members of the family were removed
immediately by road to a cottage in the country where they
were isolated and watched, while the patient remained alone
at Alperton with her mother and a trained nurse. Vaccination
was offered and generally accepted by the near neighbours,
and no fresh cases occurred.
The next case, living in Llanover Road, East Lane, was
notified on April 4th. The origin was obscure, but we suspected
the husband of having had a mild attack from certain symptoms,
and we promptly removed both to your Isolation Cottage at
Alperton. I had no hesitation in sending in her young baby
too, as I had vaccinated it only a month before in four good
places, and knew that it could not contract the disease. Here
we burnt everything we could lay our hands on, in the front
garden. I do not think you or anyone else realized what your
Sanitary Inspector and I went through that afternoon and
evening up to eleven o'clock, being compelled to actually carrv
the patient a considerable distance to the ambulance, and do all
the dirty work ourselves, your employees not having consented
so far to be vaccinated.
The next case was a boy in Totnes Terrace, and was fairly
typical, apparently in no way connected with the others. He
was removed to the Isolation Cottage and soon recovered.
The next two cases also occurred in Wembley, the symptoms
were not typical. During the temporary absence from
home of the medical attendant, his locum tenens asked me to
meet him in consultation, when we agreed that they were really
cases of small pox, and acted accordingly, in taking all precautions.
The more recent case died, and the doctor returning,
called in a consultant from the Metropolitan Asylum Board
Hospital who verified the diagnosis. Fortunately no further
infection seems to have occurred from these cases.