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From April 16th till May 8th no further case occurred but on the
latter date a man living at Byron Road was certified as suffering from
Small Pox. He had been ill for some days previous to notification, and
meantime was visited by his friends. At once I had the man removed
to hospital, but his child and a relative from Gaywood Road, who
refused re-vaccination, immediately fell ill. These being under observation
were at once removed, and no further cases arose from them.
On June 11th a woman, aged 47, living at Woodville Road, and an
unvaccinated child, aged six years, in Chingford Road, were notified as
suffering from Small Pox. No certain cause of infection was traced in
either case, nor did they give rise to any.
On the 13th, owing to a letter from the M.O.H. of Stepney, advising
me that an undertaker, who had buried a child from Forest Road, was
suffering from Small Pox, I visited the house indicated and found five
unvaccinated children suffering from Small Pox in its various stages.
One of the children, who was convalescent. came in while I was
examining the others, with some purchases from a neighbouring shop.
On the same morning (13th) I had been requested by two medical
men to look at some suspicious cases which were undoubtedly Variola,
resulting in the removal, on that day, of seven cases from Forest Road
and one from Borwick Avenue. I could trace no direct connection
between the case at Century Road in the immediate vicinity and these
later cases, but it is possible the infection came from there. The houses
were not far apart, and although no further cases occurred in Century
Road, where infection ought to be most active, it does not preclude the
possibility suggested. The time elapsing from April 16 to June 13—
8 weeks—is difficult to fill in.
On the 14th five further cases in the immediate vicinity were notified
and on the 15th three cases
On the 16th a case was notified from Markhouse Road—2 miles
away—but no further case arose from it.
On the same day a case occurred in Russell Road well within the
sphere of influence of those orginating in Forest Road.
On the 17th two cases were notified, and one on the 20th and 21st,
all well within a short distance of the first cases.
On the 22nd one occurred in Russell Road and a contact in Borwick
Avenue, followed by another contact on the 24th.
On the 28th and 29th two contacts were notified.