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Another error in relation to vaccination is the fact that people state they
have been vaccinated recently, and on enquiry whether they have any scars
to show, none are found to exist, it being evident that the so-called vaccination
was not successful.
Any person who desires to be rendered absolutely proof against Small-pox
should be vaccinated at short intervals until the result obtained is practically
negative.
The protective power of vaccination can only be said to begin with the
development of the papules, and protection should date from that time.
It is frequently the case that persons are vaccinated who have already
incubating within them the germs of Small-pox, and are admitted into
hospital with Small-pox and vaccinia co-existing.
CHICKEN-POX.
Chicken-pox was added to the list of notifiable diseases by order of the
Court of Common Council dated 17th October, 1901, for a temporary period,
viz., to the 31st December, 1901, as shown in the following Notice which was
extensively circulated in the Port and adjacent districts.
CORPORATION OF LONDON.
PORT OF LONDON SANITARY AUTHORITY.
COMPULSORY NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notice is Hereby Given that as a matter of emergency, in consequence of
the outbreak of Small-pox, the Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of the
City of London, as the Port Sanitary Authority of the Port of London,
do hereby, by virtue of the power vested in them by Section 56 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, order that as from the 25th October
instant, the provisions of the said Act with respect to Infectious Diseases
shall apply in the district of the said Port Sanitary Authority to the
Disease known as Chicken-pox, in addition to the diseases specifically
mentioned in Section 55 of the said Act or any Order extending or
amending the same, and that such order shall remain in force until the
31st December next.
Ry Order of the Port Sanitary Authority,
MONCKTON.
Guildhall, London,
17th October, 1901.
The addition of Chicken-pox is made with a view to aiding diagnosis and
the detection of obscure cases of Small-pox.
It is interesting to know that so far back as 1889 your Committee was
alive to the necessity of precautions in this direction, as the following extract
shows.