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attended as an out-patient at Charing Cross Hospital,
where he was detained and sent on to the Hospital Ship.
No evidence could be obtained from whence he was
infected.
No. 12, August 10th.—W. K., get. 20 years, vaccinated,
residing at 11, Great St. Andrew Street, Dials, was also
removed from Charing Cross Hospital. This man, a house
decorator, had been working in different parts of the
Metropolis.
No. 13, August 13th.—W. Y. W., get. 36 years, vaccinated,
residing at 17, High Street, in a room over a retail
milk shop. The patient was promptly removed to
hospital, where she died. The disease was supposed to
have been contracted in Essex, where the deceased had
been spending her holidays.
As soon as the patients were removed to the Asylum
Board's Hospitals, every precaution was taken to prevent the
spread of the disease. Upon a notification being received,
I visited the house and took measures for isolating the
patient, and for the disinfection of the bedding, clothing
and rooms. The relatives and friends, who had been
exposed to the infection, were urged to be re-vaccinated, but
I am sorry to say that with few exceptions the advice was
unheeded.
I communicated with the several owners of the common
lodging-houses in the District, drawing their attention to
the outbreak in London, and requested them to report to
me the existence of any suspicious case of illness amongst
their inmates.
The following is a copy of circular letter received from