Dr. F.W. Barry's report to the Local Government Board on a death which was alleged to have been caused by vaccination in the northern district of the Derby union / [Fred. W. Barry].

  • Barry, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1850-1897.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Dr. F.W. Barry's report to the Local Government Board on a death which was alleged to have been caused by vaccination in the northern district of the Derby union / [Fred. W. Barry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tarr, Arthur G. E., aged 2 years. Vaccinated 20th September from Swan. Inspected*' 27th. The mother stated that the child suffered from a rash about a month after vaccination, for which she blamed the operation, and that since then he had become very weakly and had had lumps in different parts of his body. In consequence of its condition, Mr. Legge (her medical attendant) had procured its admission into the Children’s Hospital, where it was at the time of my visit. Upon inquiring of Mr. Legge the nature of the child’s illness, he informed me that when he was first called in it was suffering from chicken-pox, which was succeeded by erythema nodosum, and this he attri¬ buted to poor and insufficient feeding. I may here state that Mrs. Tarr, who has recently become a widow, told me that owing to her reduced circum- tances she had not been able to give her children enough food. I saw the child at the hospital and found it to be suffering from what was apparently well marked erythema nodosum, a disease in no way attributable to vaccina¬ tion. Parker, William John, aged 2 months. Vaccinated 13th September from Watts. Inspected* 20th. Vaccination normal. Wood, Selina, aged 3 months. Vaccinated 20th September from Parker. * Inspected* 27th. Vaccination normal. Tomlinson, Harry, aged 5 months. Vaccinated 20th September from Parker. Inspected* 27th. Results normal. Southall, William, aged 3 months. Vaccinated 20th September from Parker. Inspected 27th. Results normal. Curtis, Norman, aged 3 months. Vaccinated 20th September from Parker. Inspected 27th. Unsuccessful. This child has since been successfully vaccinated. Challdey, Edith. The history of this case, which was vaccinated from Watts, has already been given at length. (f.) Ogden, Harriet, aged 3 months. Vaccinated 6th and inspected 13th September. Vaccination normal. {g.) Smedley, Mabel M., aged 2 months. Vaccinated 6th, Inspected* 13th September. Results normal. Baggellay, James, aged 4 months. Vaccinated September 13th from Smedley. Inspected* 20th. Results normal. Ollernshaw, Ernest, aged 3 months, Vaccinated 20th September from Baggellay. Inspected 27th. Results normal. Topham, Martha Alice, aged 4 months. Vaccinated 20th September from Baggellay. Inspected 27th. Father states that vaccination took well, and ran through its normal course without ill effects. The child, however, was taken ill about the beginning of October and died on the 1st November, death being certified by Mr. Gf. Rice, M.R.C.S., as from “Marasmus.” The disease had no connexion with vaccination. Taylor, Sarah A., aged 5 months. Vaccinated September 20th from Baggellay. Inspected 27th. Results normal. Hales, Frances, aged 3 months. Vaccinated 20th September from Baggellay. Inspected 27th. This child left the town, and no information could be obtained regarding it. Smith, Sarah, aged 2 months. Vaccinated September 13th from Smedley. Inspected 20th. Results normal. Sprenthall, Agnes B., aged 8 months. Vaccinated 13th September from Smedley. Inspected 20th. Results normal. Folder, Alfred, aged 3 months. Vaccinated 13th September from Smedley. Inspected 20th. Results normal. Smith, Catherine, aged 5 months. Vaccinated 13th September from Smedley. Inspected 20th. Results normal. Note.—In the cases marked with an asterisk (all of whom were employed as vaccinifers by Mr. Legge) the parents stated that the public vaccinator took lymph from the vesicles on the eighth day, but that in no case were any questions asked with regard to the health of the child or its parents, nor was any examination made of the child’s person. From the above notes it will be seen that of the 30 cases with regard to which inquiries w ere made in 25 the results of the vaccination were perfectly^ normal, and that of these one subsequently died of a disease unconnected with vaccination. Of the remaining five, the operation was unsuccesful in one case, two had removed out