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the present moment we have no less than nine cases
where infected clothing remains as centres of infection,
without onr being able to employ the
disinfecting apparatus, for want of sufficient accommodation.
The matter is very serious, not only
involving the lives and health of the inhabitants,
but the business interests of the population with
regard to the reputation for salubrity of commercial
establishments in the Parish."
These recommendations were, I believe, thoroughly
carried out. Under the direction of the Board of
Guardians unvaccinated children were looked up,
and a thorough system of vaccinating new-born
children, carried out. The practice of re-vaccination
has been also extensively had recourse to.
It will be seen that out of 230 people attacked,
130 were taken to the various hospitals receiving
those attacked by Small Pox. As I have several
times stated in my reports, it would be the means
of stopping a large number of cases of Small Pox
if isolation could be adopted at an earlier period in
the history of the attack. Unfortunately in a large
number of cases of Small Pox, the earliest indication
given of the existence of the disease was the
registration of the death in the Registrar General's
Report. It frequently happened, on enquiry, that
not only was the body buried, but that several of
the members of the family had taken the disease.
One of the most frequent causes of the refusal to
make known the presence of contagious disease in