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On the 11th April an adult male was found to be
suffering from Small Pox. He was at once removed to the
Hospital. A house to house inspection of the road where
this case occurred was made by myself in conjunction
with the Public Vaccinator, resulting in two other cases being
discovered on the 12th and other two cases on the 13th
in the same block of houses. All these cases, adult
males, were working for, or indirectly employed by one
Contractor. Over one hundred and twenty persons were
vaccinated or re-vaccinated in this road and the immediate
neighbourhood. The street which is a cul-de-sac with 19
houses and about 100 inhabitants was strictly quarantined
for 16 days after the last case occurred. Two inspectors
were appointed to alternately keep the road under supervision.
All persons resident in the infected houses were
supplied through the inspectors with provisions, &c, at
the cost of the Council, and other men and women who
had been temporarily suspended from their employment
were also supplied at the cost of the Council and Poor
Law Authorities.
Intimation of the outbreak was given to the
Contractors who gave orders for all their men to be
immediately re-vaccinated. The Medical Officers of
Health in whose districts these men were working received
written notification and the Employers also as to contact
cases. One man removed to the Mereway Hospital who
had not been vaccinated died on the 1st April. He
was buried the following morning before 7.30. The other
four cases had been vaccinated in infancy only, one, a
severe case very imperfectly.
Another case was that of an adult male a commercial
traveller who had been in contact with a case
which occurred in a warehouse in London in which he
was employed.