Observations of the Medical Officer of Health [E.W. Hope] upon the report of Dr. R.J. Reece to the Local Government Board on smallpox and smallpox hospitals at Liverpool, 1902-3.

  • Hope, E. W. (Edward William), 1855-1950.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Observations of the Medical Officer of Health [E.W. Hope] upon the report of Dr. R.J. Reece to the Local Government Board on smallpox and smallpox hospitals at Liverpool, 1902-3. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH DR. REECE. Public IJealth Department, Liverpool, 31sf Mai eh, 1905. Dr. Jv. J. JvEECE, J.OCAL GoVERNINIENT IjOARI), Whitehall, S.A\'. Dear Dr. Reece, There is a mattei' in youi- Sinall))0.\ Report which I should like to be exact about in I'egard to sjiot ina])S. In yoiii' ina|>s the spots indicate invaded houses, and no subsequent cases in the same house are spotted. This, 1 presume, is done in ordei' to exclude cases which owed tlieir oiigiii to the first case in the house. I shall be glad if you will tell me whether this infei'cnce is a correct one, as I liave no doubt it is. 1 am, Vouis faithfully, E. W. HOPE. l.ocAi. Government Hoard, Whitehall, 4f// April, 1005. Dear Dr. Hope, The sjiots on each map indicate, as stated in the report, “newly invaded houses, i.e., those in which no cases of smallpox had )>reviously occurred during the ejiidemic jieriod under review. In no case was a house deemed twice invaded within the period of the epidemic. Yours sincerely, RICHARD J. ILEECE. Rubi.ic Health Department, Liverpool, 5th April, 1905. Dr. R. J. Rrece, Local Government Board, Whitehall, S.AY. Dear Dr. Reece, “Spot” Maps. I am oliliged by your h'tter, dated A]U'il 4th, in reply to mv impiiry. I do not apjiear to have made my impiiiy (piite clear. The meaning of my question was this-— \\ as your reason foi- excluding subsecpient cases of smallpox, wliich ai'ose in houses ah'eady infected, due to youi' belief that those cases owed their oiigin to the infection alreadv existino- in the house? ' . & ■ I am. Yours faithfiillv, E.^ W. HOILE. Local Government Board, Whitehall, 1th April, 1905. Dear Dr. Hope, I did not entertain “ belief ” in the mattei-. Mv object in not counting any dwelling as invaded more than once in the period under investigation was rather- to understate than to overstate the house incidence of smallpox, particulai-lv that in the neighboui-liood of the hospitals. Yours sincerelv, RICHARD J. REECE. Dh. Hope.