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PORT SANITARY NOTICES.
Notices were received from the Port of London Sanitary Authority
on 21st January, that (1) two of the crew of the s.s. "Luriston," on
which vessel a case of Small-pox had occurred during the voyage, were
proceeding to an address in Poplar, both passengers arrived having been
previously vaccinated; and (2) a passenger of the s.s. "San Lucar'' from
Las Palmas, on which vessel a case of Plague had occurred during the
voyage, was proceeding to an address in Poplar. This passenger did
not arrive at the address stated, and neither was he known there. The
Port of London Medical Officer was so advised.
Notice was received on 18th February from the Port Sanitary
Authority for London that two of the crew of the s.s. "Adansi," from
Macio, on which ship three cases of Small-pox had occurred, were
proceeding to addresses in the Poplar district.
Notice was received on 25th March from the Port Sanitary
Authority for London that two of the crew of the s.s. "Pomeranian,"
from Halifax, were proceeding to the Poplar district, and that three cases
of Small-pox had occurred on board the vessel during the voyage.
Notice was received on 19th November from the Port Medical
Officer of Southampton that a person from the s.s. "Hopper" No. 68, on
which vessel a case of Yellow Fever had occurred on the 8th October,
was proceeding to the Poplar district. Upon inquiry it was found that
the person referred to was staying in Southampton.
ANTHRAX
(Woolsorters' Disease, or Splenic Fever,
or Malignant Pustule).
A case of Anthrax was notified on 7th June in a male aged 27
years, of Poplar. The patient was taken ill on the 27th May, he went
to the London Hospital on 28th May, and was admitted into that
institution on 29th May. The patient stated he had not been working
in hides and skins for some months.
A case of Anthrax (Woolsorters' Disease) occurred in a man living
in Bromley and employed as a stevedore in the Royal Albert Docks.
The patient was removed to the Poplar Hospital and the place where he
lived disinfected.