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"at the Board's offices would be immediately forwarded to the
"officials at Whitehall, who will carry out such examination.
"I called at all the common lodging houses in Poplar, and I also
"visited (through information received) premises where seafaring men
"are known to board The deputies and proprietors were requested
"to give immediate information at the Board's offices of any seamen
"(whether British or foreign) arriving from Spanish or Portuguese
"ports, so that I might examine them and keep them under constant
"observation. Cards to be hung up have been printed and sent
"round to all the above-mentioned premises.‡
"The Sanitary Inspectors in their rounds will also be constantly
"inquiring as to places otherwise than those already known where
"sailors take up their lodgings.
"So far as the Scandinavian Sailors' Home, Garford Street, and
"the large common lodging house in the High Street (St. James
"Chambers), and likewise the Mission to Seamen in the West Ferry
"Road, near the entrance to the Millwall Docks, where sailors are
"taken in to sleep, are concerned, a suggestion might be made to the
"owners for daily medical examination of the inmates. The
"Scandinavian Sailors' Home has a regular medical attendant.†
"With respect to the notices received from port Sanitary Authorities
"six passengers were notified to this district from the Port of London
"Sanitary Authority. Three passengers were in good health and
"going about their usual duties. One passenger notified did not
"belong to the Poplar District but to Whitechapel, and information
"was immediately forwarded to that authority. The address given of
"another passenger was not known in London. The sixth passenger
"gave an address but he could not be accommodated, and then, it
"was stated, he went to some place in Bethnal Green, address un"known.
The Port Medical Officer of London had these facts
"communicated to him, and a suggestion was made that where
"passengers were proceeding to lodgings, and were not certain of
‡ See foot notes page 64.