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Poplar 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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For notices which had been received from Port Sanitary
Authorities respecting passengers coming to the Borough of Poplar
see page 50.
Six outworkers were connected with infectious cases notified, 3
in Poplar, 1 in Bromley, and 2 in Bow. The usual notices were
given.
The St. Pancras Borough Council addressed a communication to
the President of the Board of Agriculture asking that a Departmental
Committee might be appointed to further investigate the
subject of Glanders with a view of ascertaining the manner in
which the disease is communicated to people and animals, and
also as to the best method of stamping it out.