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No extension of the disease occurred, except to a member
of our Disinfecting Staff, who contracted the disease in a
modified form.
Contacts from other Districts and suspicious Cases.—
Early in February we received information that certain individuals
in our district had been in contact with cases of smallpox
in Deptford and Woolwich. These persons were kept under
observation for 14 days.
In regard to one particular case in Deptford, a woman
had been removed to hospital suffering from small-pox. Her
husband immediately removed her infant, whom she had been
nursing, to a house in Como Road. Forest Hill. Information
was obtained of this incident within a short time of the child's
arrival, and it was removed to the Council's Shelter, and kept
under observation for 16 days. No infection followed.
On Sunday, July 30th, my opinion was invited in regard
to a suspicious case at Forest Hill. On examining the patient
I came to the conclusion that the case was one of aggravated
chicken-pox, which diagnosis subsequently proved correct.
Similar results occurred in regard to two other suspected
cases which were seen, one on January 14th at Westbourne
Road, and the other on May 16th at Longhurst Road.
SCARLET FEVER.—The total number of cases notified
during the year amounted to 576, compared with 339 in 1904,
and 466 in 1903.
Of these cases 459, or 79 per cent., were removed to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals. Subsequently 28 of
the cases were returned to their homes, and stated to be not
suffering from any infectious disease. Deducting this number,
a corrected total of 548 is obtained, equal to an attack rate of