... of the 1'arishs of Birmingham. Feb. 8, 1873. - For maintenance, clothing, medicine, nursing, &c., of 599 smallpox patients, sent to the ,Smallpox Hospital by the sanitary inspector, between 7th December, 1871, and 8th February, 1873, and chargeable c ...

... F BIRMINGHAM WORKHOUSF4 COMMITTEE. I THE BOROUGH SMALL-POX HOSPITAL. t A meeting of the Visiting and General Purposes Com- . mittee of the Birminghlam Board of Guardians was held a yesterday. at the Workhouse; Mr. W. Price in the chair. -Dr. HeCKINEOTnANI ...

... where an epidemic of smallpox had raged, with Leicester and Keighloy, whers vaccination had practically been discarded, but where there had been no epidemic; he Wsad; it showed that vaccination neither prevented nor fofidifd' smallpox. What was wanted was ...

... finally agreed to, and that the close c'f the session may be less stormy than is at present threatened. THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. Seven new eases of smallpox were reported in Birming- ham yesterday, the same number as on the previous day. In each case the patient ...

... remarking upon the vexed question of the smallpox wards. They would doubtless remember a that oni November 21 last the governors made an arrange- P 0 ment with the Wolverhamptont Town Council, by which d smallpox patients would be admittedl into the institution ...

... vaccinated and did not catch smallpox it was said great was the blessing of vaccination. If a man was vaccinated and caught smallpox lightly the same remark was made; whilst if a man was vaccinated, and caught small-pox and died, it was said great ...

... Local Government Board, during the o prevalence of small-pox in the Union. He said the vaccine.a a tion officer for Wednoaebury informed him that during the six or eight months the epidemic of smallpox was raging in j that town lie revaccinated 1,800 persons ...

... -small. Tire only case of smallpox teser', proved fatal; the mars, wire was 85 years of age ead hal suffered for many years from chronic broncbitis,;5 remou-ed to the breroeir hospital, and woo recoreniag iro-- the smallpox when the bronchitis became ...

... over eight wevr, and it hoad already enabled the Board to greatly limit the spread of the smallpox epidemic in the district. The total number of cases of smallpox reported in the dis- trict during the past nine weeks was 78, and 67 had been reuoveed to ...

... services rendered by him in connection with the smallpox epidemic in the district. Mr. WAINWBIIGTr, in moving the adop- tion of the report, said he was pleased to be able to state, in reference to the smallpox epidemic, that'this month was even more favourable ...

... there had been 100 cases of smallpox per week, and the death. from that disease amountedl to 25 per week, so that it was clear that vaccination was no protection at all. In Birmningham a few years ago a serious epidemic of smallpox broke out, and there were ...

... received information that a tramp named Eldwards, who had applied for lodgings at the Aston Union Workhouse, was suffering from small-pox. It appeared that Edwards fell ill on the 11th inst., and since that time had slept in tue tramp wvard at the West Bromwich ...