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(c) An unvaccinated boy, aged 15 years, was removed to Joyce Green
Hospital from an address in the Park Ward, on May 5th. There were 14
contacts, all of whom were kept under observation.
(d) A girl, aged 13 years (unvaccinated in infancy), who was a contact
of case (c). She was removed to the Wharf Hospital, Deptford, on the 17th
May from an address in the Park Ward. The 13 contacts were kept under
observation.
(e) A girl, aged 13 years (unvaccinated in infancy), who was a sister of
case (c). She was removed to the Wharf Hospital, Deptford, on 18th May,
from an address in the Park Ward. The 13 contacts were kept under
observation.
(f) An unvaccinated girl, aged 9 years. She was removed to Joyce
Green Hospital, on the 22nd May, from an address in the Park Ward. The
4 contacts were kept under observation. The case was probably connected
with (c), (d) and (e).
(g) An unvaccinated boy, aged 16 years. He was removed to Joyce
Green Hospital on the 19th May from an address in the Goodmayes Ward.
The 21 contacts were kept under observation.
(h) Two sisters, aged 14 and 11 years respectively (unvaccinated),
who were in the same house in the Goodmayes Ward, mentioned in (g)
above. Both cnildren were removed to Joyce Green Hospital on the 6th
June. 3 contacts were kept under observation.
(i) An unvaccinated boy, aged 9 years. He was removed to Joyce
Green Hospital on the 2nd June from an address in the Goodmayes Ward.
The 5 contacts were kept under observation.
(j) An unvaccinated woman, aged 25 years. She was removed to Joyce
Green Hospital on the 14th June from an address in the Loxford Ward.
This person was a contact of a case of smallpox in the West Ham area. The
9 contacts were kept under observation.
(k) An unvaccinated woman, aged 53 years. She was removed to
Joyce Green Hospital on the 16th June from an address in the North
Hainault Ward. The 11 contacts were kept under observation.
(l) An unvaccinated man, aged 18 years. He was removed to Joyce
Green Hospital on the 30th June from an address in the South Hainault
Ward. This person was a direct contact of a boy living in Chadwell Heath.
I examined the latter on the 30th June ; he had scars suspicious of smallpox
and gave a history of illness with a rash which occurred a month
previously. The 17 contacts were kept under observation.
(m) An unvaccinated man, aged 22 years. He was removed to Orsett
Hospital on the 14th July from an address in the Cranbrook Ward. The
4 contacts were kept under observation.
(n) A male, aged 22 years, and two females, aged 9 and 19 years
respectively, all unvaccinated. They were members of one family living
in the same house. Two of the cases were removed from an address in the
Park Ward to Orsett Hospital on the 9th August, and the remaining case
to the same hospital on the 24th August. The 16 contacts were kept under
observation.