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Matilda Hart, aged 66, had been an inmate of the Infirmary since the previous
July. She occupied a bed in the same ward as Annie Smith. A rash appeared on
January 14th. She was removed to the Small-pox hospital on the same date, and
was discharged on February 6th. The patient had been vaccinated in infancy only.
Elizabeth Ward, aged 9, was admitted to the Infirmary on December 20th, 1901.
All the children in the ward were vaccinated but this one. She was missed. She
was taken ill on January 16th and removed to the hospital on January 17th. She
had never been vaccinated.
On January 19th William Hackwell, aged 65, was taken ill, and the rash
appeared on January 20th. On January 21st the patient was removed to the
hospital, and was discharged on February 25th. He had been vaccinated in infancy
and re-vaccinated a little over 10 years ago. He had been an inmate of the Infirmary
since July 29th.
Thomas Watson, aged 49, was admitted to the Casual Ward on January 17th,
and from there to the Infirmary on January 18th. He was removed to the hospital
on the same day, and was discharged on February 17th. He had been vaccinated
in infancy only. Prior to being admitted to the Infirmary, he slept for several nights
in the streets.
On January 25th Herbert Watson, aged 31, was taken ill. The rash appeared
on January 27th, and he was removed to the hospital on the same day. He was
discharged on February 13th. The patient had been vaccinated in infancy only.
The patient had been an inmate of the Infirmary since October 22nd, and helped
to carry downstairs Edward Wallis, who had died from Small-pox.
On January 25th James Mumford, aged 41, was taken ill. The rash appeared
on January 28th, and he was removed to the hospital on January 28th, where he
died on February 2nd. He had been vaccinated in infancy only. The patient had
been an inmate of the Infirmary since April, 1901, and occupied a bed on the same
floor as Wallis, who died on January 15th.
On January 25th John Joseph Smith, aged 17, was taken ill, and the rash
appeared on January 27th. The patient was removed to the hospital on January
28th, and was discharged on February 26th. He had been vaccinated in infancy
only. He occupied a bed in the same block as Wallis.
On January 28th, John Burns, aged 32, was taken ill. The rash appeared on
January 31st, and he was removed to the hospital on the same day. He was vaccinated
in infancy only.
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