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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: J. Mawson, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: J. Mawson, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

name · 1896

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Lettering: (Laysmith [i.e. Ladysmith] Street) Bull Lane (Boy) J. Mawson vaccinated in infancy Mild case (worst stage) Admitted 6.4.96. Discharged 4.5.96. Lettering on envelope consists of handwritten description of patient, and printed letters "O.H.M.S." (On Her Majesty's Service)

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