[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper (Union) R.D.C.
- Belper (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1905
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![baby liad been vaccinateil about a fortni^lit previously. The baby was not weaned, but was nursed by its inotlier throughout her Small Pox illness. Tins haby was bandied and petted by the other Small Pox jiatients daily, but left the Hospital in perfect health when its mother was discharged. J)r. Millard, Medical Ollicer of Health for Leicester, says that in 1904 there were 321 cases of Small Po.x, and 4 deaths from that disease. He says there was iK)t a single instance of the disease attacking a peison who had been recently vaccinated before exposure to infection. Rot a single member of the Hosjiital Staff contracted tin; di.'^ease, though they were constantly exposed to infection, and no precautions were taken to secure this result except recent vaccination. He says that although the masses of the ))eoi)le in Leicester di.s- believed in vaccination, the responsible officials who had to fight Small Pox at close quarters had always an unbounded faith in the luotective power of vaccination, and had always availed themselves of it when necessary. He i)uts the cost of each patient at twenty shillings a week, and the mean stay in Hosjutal w'as 29 days. This expen.n', and cah hire, cost of contacts, etc., made up a total cost of TT7G1 Os. Oil. The following is Avorth I'ecording : In August last a .steamship from Lisbon arrived at Row Bedford, ^Massachusetts, with a case'of Small I’ox on board. There were a large number of persons on board, and the authorities sent the vessel on to New’ York, wheri- ihi; ship was placed in quarantine until all the Ot/S cuhtii cinil sfecixdin /iti'/ hfX'n vaextufited. A married woman at Holbrook, aged 33 yeanSj had b(>on ill two or three days with Inlluenza, and eventually Small Pox devehqied itself. 1 he history was as folloAvs : A young man from Sheffield, enqrloved on the (Ireat Rorlhern Kaihvay, had been staying at this house at Holbrook on a visit. He was here 13 days, and returned to Sheffield on Sunday, -Ian. 22iul, 1905, and on Saturday, Jan. 28tli, I had notifi- cation of Small Pox, and it so happened that on that very morning, the 28th, a letter had been received stating that the aunt at the house w here this young man lived at Sheffield had Iteen removed to the Small J*ox lospital at Sheffield, so that this case was chairly imported from Sheffield. The patient was removed to the Bel])er Small Pox Hospital the satne ia\,^ tv.-.., Jan. 28th, and the “contacts” in the house refused re- yaccination, and were ordered to remain in the house for at least 14 (lavs.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28916165_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
