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Case No. 2. Male, aged 18 years. Bricklayer. Onset 27th
February, 1930.
Case No. 3. Female, aged 23 years. Factory worker.
Onset 7th March, 1930.
Case No. 4. Female, aged 12 years. Schoolgirl. Onset
27th February, 1930.
Case No. 5. Male, aged,16 years. Bricklayer's apprentice,
unemployed. Onset 21st March, 1930.
Cases 2, 4 and 5, contracted the disease from a sister
who was attended by a doctor for chicken-pox but
was really suffering from Smallpox. Patient No. 3
who worked along with the supposed Chicken-pox
case, was also infected by her.
Case No. 6. Male, aged 70 years. Crane Driver. Onset
10th April, 1930. This man was infected by visiting
the house occupied by the patients Nos. 2, 4, and 5.
Case No. 7. Female, aged 61 years. Laundry Ironer.
Onset 14th April, 1930. The source of infection was
not ascertained in this case.
Regarding the condition as to vaccination in these
cases of smallpox, four of the patients were unvaccinated.
The first patient was stated to have been vaccinated
unsuccessfully in infancy but was not re-vaccinated.
The two last patients, aged 70 and 61 years had not
been vaccinated since infancy so that the protection
against the disease afforded by vaccination had long
since disappeared.
All the patients recovered.
During 1930, 703 contacts of cases of smallpox
were kept under observation in Fulham.
Vaccination.
The responsibility for the administration and carrying
out of public vaccination was transferred from the
Fulham Board of Guardians to the Borough Council on
1st April, 1930, and the Public Vaccinators, Dr. A. G.
Wells, and Dr. E. Clarke, and the Vaccination Officer,
Mr. H. Davies, carried on their duties under the Borough
Council.