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APPENDIX No. 2.
SMALL POX.
This disease is now very prevalent in London, and is
spreading. Its spread is due mainly to Three causes:—
1st.—Total neglect of Vaccination,
2nd.—Imperfect Vaccination, and
3rd.—Non-renewal of Vaccination after the protective
power of the operation has died out.
Persons perfectly protected by Vaccination rarely take
Small Pox, and when they take it, have it as a rule, mildly,
those, on the other hand, who are insufficiently or not at all
protected, catch the disease readily, have it severely, and
often die of it.
The Inhabitants of Camberwell are therefore cautioned to
see that in their own persons, in the persons of the members
of their households, and in the persons of others over whom
they have control, efficient protection from Small Pox is as
far as possible secured; and to this end, it is specially
advised:—
1st.—That all young children, and others who have not
yet been Vaccinated, be at once Vaccinated, either
by their own Medical Attendant or by the Public
Vaccinator:
2nd.—That all persons who have been Vaccinated, but
in whom the scars are Invisible or Indistinct, be
re-vaccinated:
3rd.—That all persons whose last Vaccination Dates
upwards of Seven Years Back, be re-vaccinated :
and