[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ti¬ the inspector visited the house on the afternoon of April 30th, found that the man had been re-vaccinated on the same day, ascertained that he had had backache and headache the previous Sunday (26th) but worked on Monday (27th) in the morning. On the 28th (Tuesday) spots appeared on the face. A message was left with the relatives to let the doctor know that he had been in company with small-pox patients, and the following day (May ist) we telephoned to the doctor and were told that the patient was suffering from influenza, that the spots were acne and not the least like small-pox. On the 5th of May the doctor called and stated that the vaccin¬ ation had not taken. Dr. Porter visited the patient and diagnosed small-pox. The eight days’ delay is greatly to be regretted. On the i5th of Ma)^, ten days after the removal of this patient, the small-pox eruption appeared in two of his brothers, aged 21 and 20 respectively (Nos. 6117:3 and 4). They had been re-vaccinated successfully on May 8th. Had they been re-vaccinated successfully on i\pril 30th at the time their brother (6101:7) was re-vaccinated, they would probably not have contracted the disease at all. They would probably also have escaped if their brother’s disease had been promptly diagnosed and he had been sent into hospital the day that our inspector called. Possibly, indirectly also, the man 6119:6 contracted the disease from his housekeeper ^(6103:8) who had been with h'm at the “Corner Taps” on April i8th. Her eruption appeared on May 2nd. We did not hear of her illness until the 6th and he was not re-vaccinated until the 8th, that is, six days after contact with patient in eruptive stage of the disease. Patient 6119:7 probably also received infection from her neighbour, 6103:8. She was re-vaccinated successfully on May 13th and developed the eruption on the i6th, pointing