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In the Metropolis during the week ended 1st January,
1881, there were 470 patients in the several small.pox
hospitals, and during the week ended 18th June, 1881 (the
height of the epidemic), there were no less than 1,737
persons in hospitals.
Small . Pox (decennial average 12.8).—This District
shared, in common with the Metropolis, in both a heavy
sick and death.rate from this infectious disease.
106 cases were reported, of these 71 were removed to
hospitals—55 to Fulham, 9 to Stockwell, and 4 to Deptford,
belonging to the Metropolitan Asylum Board, and 3 to
hospitals unconnected with pauper establishments.
The remaining 35 patients remained under medical
treatment at their respective homes.
There were 10 fatal cases, 4 in the District, and 6 removed
to Fulham Hospital.
83 of the patients were attacked between the months of
April and August, only 6 between January and March,
and 17 from September to the end of the year.
The reports from the several hospitals stated that the
majority of these patients had been vaccinated previous to
their being attacked with the disease.
In April several of our pauper patients could not be removed
in consequence of the hospitals belonging to the
Asylum Board being full ; at the same date the London
Small.Pox Hospital (for paying patients) was also reported
to be full.
The vaccination return of the District kindly supplied to
me by the vaccination officer, Mr. Yardley, is shown in
Table 11, Appendix,