Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Notice was received on the 14th March from the Commandant,
Discharge Depot, Gosport, of five soldiers proceeding to the Poplar
District, who disembarked on the 11th March from the s.s.
"Assaye," on which ship ten cases of Small-pox had occurred, and
were landed at Port Said on February 27th.
Notice was received from the Commandant, Discharge Depot,
Gosport, of two soldiers, proceeding to the Poplar District, who
had disembarked from the s.s. "Soudan" on the 24th March, on
which ship a case of Small-pox had occurred, and had died at sea
on the 18th March.
Notices were received from the Port Medical Officer of Southampton
on, the 27th March of four persons on the s.s. "Soudan,"
proceeding to the Poplar District, on which ship a case of Smallpox
had died at sea on the 18th March.
Notice was received on the 30th March from the Port Medical
Officer, London, of a passenger proceeding to the Poplar District
from the s.s. "Macedonia" from Bombay, on which ship three
cases of Small-pox had occurred; two were landed at Suez on the
12th March, and one at Marseilles on the 18th March.
Notice was received on 7th April from the Port Sanitary
Authority of Southampton of a person proceeding to this district
from the s.s. "Plassy," on which vessel a case of Small-pox had
occurred and was landed at Suez on the 25th March.
On 8th and 10th April notices were received from the Commandant,
Discharge Depot, Gosport, and the Port Sanitary
Authority for London, respectively, of a person proceeding to the
Poplar District from the s.s. "Plassy," on which vessel a case of
Small-pox had occurred on the 25th March.