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removed within an hour by the Metropolitan Aslums
Board. It was not until the 3rd day after her removal,
by which time she had died, that I was informed that
the physician in charge of the Small-pox hospital had
diagnosed the eruption as purely septic. In the meantime
all the usual preventive precautions, such as
vaccination of contacts, disinfection or destruction of
clothing, had been taken.
As to this final diagnosis of the eruption:—I accepted
the opinion of a physician having so extensive an
experience of Small-pox. On the other hand, the two
members of the medical staff of the Sutton Hospital
declined to withdraw their diagnosis.
After communicating with the Ministry of Health, I
was instructed to report the case in the return of
Infectious Diseases, made weekly to the RegistrarGeneral,
as one of Small-pox, and thus it must appear
in this Annual Report.