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On 25th April notice was received from the Commandant, Discharge
Depot, Gosport, of a person proceeding to the Poplar
District from the s.s. "Sicilia," on which vessel a case of Smallpox
had occurred and was still on board on the 22nd April.
Notice was received on the 27th May from the Port Medical
Officer, Southampton, of five persons going to the Poplar Borough
from the s.s. "Kenilworth"; a case of Small-pox had occurred on
board. The address of one person could not be found, two persons
were not known at the addresses given. Two persons arrived at
the addresses forwarded, but one of these persons then went into
the adjoining Borough of Stepney, and the Medical Officer of that
district was forthwith notified.
On 16th May a notice was received from the Southampton Port
Medical Officer that a person was proceeding to the Poplar District
from the s.s. "St. Paul," on which vessel a case of Small-pox had
occurred; the case was landed at New York. The person returned
to New York by the same ship.
On 27th May notice was received from the London Port Sanitary
Authority that a person was proceeding to the Poplar District from
the s.s. "Iona" from Leith, where cases of Plague had occurred.
Notice was received on the 26th May from the Medical Officer
of the Port of London that a passenger was coming to the Poplar
district by the s.s. "Iona" from Leith, where Plague existed. The
passenger had called for an hour or so at the address stated and
then had departed to West Ham, but the address in that Borough
could not be given.
Notice was received on the 9th June from the Medical Officer of
the Port of London that the s.s. "Geneva Cross," belonging to the
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