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There was sometimes a difficulty in getting the cases removed,
but I believe the Asylum Board does its best in this matter.
The majority of the cases in this parish are now taken to the
"Brook Hospital" on the Shooters Hill Road, but some go to
the Hospital at New Cross. This depends upon the beds at the
disposal of the Metropolitan Asylum Board.
Small, Pox.
12. The one case of this disease was easily accounted for. A
young gentleman living in Church Lane went on a visit to some
relatives who were living in lodgings at Sheerness. He very
shortly became poorly, and was sent home to Charlton. It then
appeared that the Landlady of the lodging at Sheerness had
quite recently come from Gloucester (at the time the disease was
prevalent there), where she had been more or less in contact
with some of the afflicted people. Very prompt, measures were
taken here with regard to isolation, vaccination and disinfection,
and there was no further spread of the mischief.