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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1909

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

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Table: Poplar (Sub-District)— Continued.

Poplar (Sub-District)— Continued.

1909. 10th Aug.River Thames, off Torrington Stairs.Unknown. M.,about 50.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning while under the influence of alcohol but under what circumstances the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
13th Aug.River Thames, off Torrington Stairs.Cook on board the schooner "Benita," of 5, Wellington Terrace, Redan Hill, Aldershot. M., 20.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but how he came into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
13th Aug.River Thames, off Brown's Dry Dock.Cook on board the schooner "Rosendale," of Main Street, Burton under Needwood, Burton-on-Trent. M., 15.Ditto.
Bromley (Sub-District.)
4th Jan.Limehouse Cut, off Bromley Mortuary.Unknown. M., about 45.Ditto.