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Poplar 1910

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

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occurred, and was landed at Vigo on the 19th May. The Sanitary
Inspectors reported that one had proceeded to an address in Camberwell,
of which the Medical Officer of Health for that district was duly informed,
and one had been found in good health.
On 7th July, notice was received from the Port of London Medical
Officer of Health that a passenger by the s.s. " Majestic" from
St. Petersburg, a cholera infected port, was proceeding to the Poplar
district. Upon inquiry he was found to be well and to have gone away
again on 14th July.
On 13th July, further notice was received from the London Port
Medical Officer of Health of three passengers by the s.s. " Kurgan " from
St. Petersburg, proceeding to addresses in Poplar. Two were found to be
in good health, but one was not known at the address given.
On 14th July, further notice was received from the Port Medical
Officer of Health, London, of six of the crew of the " Highland Rover,"
from La Plata, proceeding to addresses in Poplar, and that a case of
smallpox had occurred on board the vessel during the voyage. One
address given was in the Borough of Stepney, and one man was not
expected at an address given in Poplar. The other four members of
the crew were reported to be in good health.
On 20th July, further notice was received from the Port Medical
Officer, London, of two passengers by the s s. " Irkutsk," from
St. Petersburg, proceeding to addresses in Poplar. One was reported to
be in good health, but the other passenger was not known at the address
given.
On 29th July, further notice was received from the Port Medical
Officer, London, of eleven of the crew of the s.s. " Britannic," from
St. Petersburg, proceeding to Poplar. Two members of the crew were
traced to the address given in Poplar, two were reported to be at an
address in the Borough of Stepney, but the others were not known. The
two traced in Poplar were reported to be in good health.
On 17th August, further notice was received from the Port of London
Medical Officer, of two passengers by the s.s. " Wologda," from
St. Petersburg, proceeding to Poplar. They were traced and found to be
in good health.
On 8th September, further notice was received from the Port of
London Medical Officer, of one of the crew of the s.s. " Romeo," from