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Pox Committee, which was appointed by your
Council, held almost daily meetings during the
prevalance of the disease.
The particulars of the first case, which
occurred on 29th January, appeared in my last
year's Report.
The second case, which was notified on March
2nd, was in no wise connected with the first. It
was imported from a lodging-house in the
Westminster district, whence the patient came on
24th February. He worked as a baker in a shop
in the Causeway, till February 27th, when he fell
ill, and was medically attended. On the 2nd of
March a rash appeared, and the case was notified
to me as Confluent Small Pox. The day being a
Sunday, no other steps could be taken that day
except to have all the inmates in the house revaccinated,
and to ask the Authorities of the
Croydon and Wimbledon Small Pox Hospital to
admit the case into their Wards. On Monday I
received their consent to send the case there. The
patient died a few days after his reception. He
had never been vaccinated in infancy, and was an
anti-vaccinator.
After the removal of the patient, the bedroom
and the adjoining rooms were thoroughly disinfected,
and his few articles of clothing, and his
bed, burned.
His master consented to close his shop and
not to deliver any goods to customers for a
fortnight. As there was no advantage to be
gained by keeping the other re-vaccinated inmates
at home, they were allowed to go out under the
condition that they were seen daily by a medical
man.
No other case resulted from this source.