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On March 13th John Pelham, aged 52, was taken ill, and was removed to the
hospital on the same day. He had been vaccinated in infancy only. This patient
had also been in contact with Price.
Particulars of cases of Small-pox occurring in Poor Law Institutions in the
Borough:—
Mile End Infirmary.
On January 15th, a woman was found in a dying condition in the street by
the police. They took her to the Mile End Infirmary. She was admitted to the
Infirmary in the afternoon, and died in a general ward during the night. There is
no doubt, in my opinion, that she suffered from hæmorrhagic Small-pox. I traced
her movements on that day, before she was taken charge of by the police, and
wherever she went a case of Small-pox occurred there in nine to twelve days afterwards.
She went into a small shop in Bridge Street, where she collapsed. A crowd of children
collected round the door of the shop, and four of these developed Small-pox within
the next 14 days. A few minutes after she was removed from the shop by the police,
the first-floor lodger walked through the shop, and on January 29tn she was taken
ill, and removed to the Small-pox Hospital on February 1st. A man who was
employed at the Infirmary, and called "the handy man," was working in the ward
when the patient was admitted, was taken ill on January 25th and removed to the
hospital on January 27th. Another man who was employed in the laundry was taken
ill on January 26th and was removed to the hospital on January 29th. These two
men were non-residents. Both died. In addition to these, one woman who was a
patient at the Infirmary at tho time but was afterwards discharged before the onset of
the illness, and three other women who worked in the laundry, contracted the disease.
On January 25th, 6 cases were removed from the Infirmary to the Hospital.
27th, 7 „ „ „ „ „
28th, 8 „ „ „ „ „
29th, 7 „ „ „ „ „
30th, 7 „ „ „ „ „
31st, 6 „ „ „ „ „
February 1st, 7 „ „ „ „ „
2nd, 2 „ „ „ „ „
3rd, 4 „ „ „ „ „
4th, 2 „ „ „ „ „
5th, 2 „ „ „ „ „
8th, 3 „ „ „ „ „
10th, 2 „ „ „ „ „
11th, 1 case „ „ „ „
12th, 5 cases „ „ „ „
15th, 1 case „ „ „ „