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Poplar 1904

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

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(17) March 23rd. Male, aged 21 years, High Street, Poplar,
vaccinated, had been daily frequenting the institute off the East
India Dock Road.
(18) March 24th. Female, aged 32 years, Claude Street,
mother of patient removed on the 12th March, re-vaccinated after
infection, modified case of small-pox.
(19) MaiJch 24th. Female, aged 11 years, Claude Street,
unvaccinated, but vaccinated after infection. Very modified case
of small-pox, third case in house.
(20) March 24th. Male, aged 9 years, Claude Street, unvaccinated,
but vaccinated after infection, very modified case of
small-pox, fourth case in house.
(21) March 24th. Male, aged 7 years, Claude Street, unvaccinated,
but vaccinated after infection, very modified case of
small-pox, fifth case in house.
(22) March 24th. Male, aged 5 years, Claude Street, unvaccinated,
but vaccinated after infection, very modified case of
small-pox, sixth case in house.
(23) March 24th. Male, aged 2 years, Claude Street, unvaccinated,
but vaccinated after infection, very modified case of
small-pox, seventh case in house.
(24) March 25th. Male, aged 21 years, Stepney Union Workhouse
(notified to Stepney Borough). Patient had been visiting the
institute off the East India Dock Road, whence a number of cases
had been removed, caused in the first instance by a negro cattleman
from the s.s. " Austriana."
(25) March 27th. Male, aged 42 years, Devonshire Terrace,
West Ferry Road. No history as to the origin of this disease
could be obtained, but Devonshire Terrace is very near to Claude
Street, from a house in which street seven cases had been removed.