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while Mid Kilburn, North Kilburn, and South
Kilburn, had 2, 3 and 4, respectively.
These 88 cases represented a succession of
outbreaks quite independent of each other, the primary
case in each outbreak being traceable in its origin
to cases occurring outside the District, for the most
part within the. administrative County of London.
Each of these outbreaks was stamped out completely
and effectually, but the occurrence of fresh foci of
infection maintained an almost uninterrupted succession
of cases.
It is ground for gratification that in a year
manifestly favourable to the epidemicity of Small Pox
it has been possible to have saved the District from a
serious epidemic of this disease, to which, from its
proximity to London, Willesden was so continuously
threatened. There can be no question that the prompt
action of the Council in erecting with remarkable
expedition an Isolation Hospital for Small Pox has
been the means of saving the District from a disastrous
epidemic. Without doubt, the extensive advantage
which was taken of the facilities offered for vaccination
did much to prevent the spread of Small Pox, but,