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During the year we had several infected houses in the borough where
the inmates refused to be vaccinated. In some houses we had as many
as 7, 8 or 9 persons removed with small pox, and in another house as many
as 12. In other similar houses, where the people all were promptly vaccinated,
we had no secondary cases occurring in that house.
All the cases were of the mild type known as "Variola minor." The
number occurring each month was fairly constant throughout the year and
the climatic conditions appear to have had no bearing on the disease.

329 of the patients were school children, and 51 schools in the borough were
thus affected. In one school alone 43 scholars contracted the disease, in
another 39, in another 38, and in another 31.
All our contacts were kept under supervision at school and at home.
Where the source of infection was traced to the schools, arrangements
wore made with the L.C.C. School Authorities for medical inspections.