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During the Quarter ending December, 1896, there
were only 4 admissions of small-pox patients to the
hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board from the
whole of London.
During the Quarter ending March, 1897, there were
70 admissions and 13 deaths.
During the Quarter ending June, 1897, there were
20 admissions and 1 death.
During the Quarter ending September, 1897, there
were 5 admissions and no death.
During the Quarter ending December, 1897, there
were no admissions.
In January and February, 1897, there were 4 sudden
outbreaks of the disease over the Metropolis in 5 separate
groups as follows:—
1. At Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.
2. At Camberwell Infirmary.
3. At Great Russell Street (St. Giles-in-the-Fields).
4. At Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street (Strand District).
5. Connection unknown.
Small-pox was absent from St. Giles District from
August, 1895, until January, 1897, when 3 cases were
notified from a private lodging-house in Great Russell
Street (Group 3).
The particulars are as follows:—
No. 1. L.O., a female, aged 39, housekeeper, was taken ill about
the end of December, 1896, and detained at home, where she was treated
for chicken-pox.
No. 2. A male, aged 26, husband of the above, vaccinated in
infancy, contracted small-pox from No. 1.
No. 3. A female, aged 21, related to Nos. 1 and 2, vaccinated in
infancy, also contracted the disease from No. 1.