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In May 2, cases occurred at No. 6, Hubert Road, a girl aged
16 years and a boy aged 2½ years (a nephew of the girl). The girl
contracted the disease at Mortlake, where she had been staying
to nurse her sister's children, as her sister had been sent to the
Hospital with Small Pox. On her return to Wimbledon she was
taken ill and sent for a medical man, who pronounced her to be
suffering from Small Pox. She was sent to the Hospital without
delay, the house disinfected and the other members of the family
vaccinated. Eighteen days afterwards her nephew was found to
have contracted the disease and was at once moved into the
Hospital.
Another case occurred in May at No. 13, Denmark Road, a
young woman, aged 25 years. She contracted the disease from
an uncle, who was discharged from the workhouse at Kingston
on the 22nd May, and came to Wimbledon to lodge. Not feeling
well he again applied for admission to the Workhouse Infirmary
at Kingston on the 29th, and called at his niece's bouse the same
day before going to Kingston, when, on his arrival, he was found
to be suffering from Small Pox. Every precaution was taken to
prevent the spread of the disease.
A case occurred at No. 5, Wilton Road, in September, a gentleman
aged 31 years. It was an imported one, but could not be
satisfactorily traced. He was removed to the Hospital, and all
proper precautions were taken.
A case occurred in October, at the Durnsford Road Infectious
Diseases Hospital, a boy aged 8 years, who had been admitted 3
days before, from Norman Road, suffering from Scarlet Fever.
How he contracted the disease could not be ascertained, but it is
thought that he probably caught it at a meeting to which he had
been taken. The result of this case (being admitted into the
Scarlet Fever Wards), was that 13 of the Scarlet Fever patients
contracted the disease, and no patients could be admitted, or
none discharged for some time.
Fortunately all recovered, although there were one or two
serious cases.