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Poplar 1910

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

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Poplar (Sub.District)—Continued.
1910.
2nd Dec.
Millwall Dock.
Able seaman on board
ss. "Powel Andre
Jeff " of Stanby,
Denmark. M., 39.
Violent. Suffocation by drowning
caused by falling over a
fog line and then into Mill.
wall Dock while returning to
his ship at night under the
influence of alcohol. Acc.
Inq.
17th Dec.
Millwall Docks.
Fireman on board ss.
"Alnwick," late of
Holyhead. M., 59.
Pound dead. Suffocation by
drowning, but how he came
into the water and was so
drowned the evidence fails to
prove. Inq.
Bow (Sub.District.)
1910.
2nd June
River Lea off
Midland Railway
Wharf.
Railway Porter, address
unknown. M., 59.
Violent. Suffocation by drowning.
Suicide whilst of unsound
mind. Inq.
'24th Nov.
River Lea off
Old Ford
Lock.
Unknown.
M.. about 56.
Violent. Suffocation by drowning,
but how he came into
the water and was so drowned
the evidence fails to prove.
Inq.