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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 1911

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

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No.Date. 1911.Age.Sex.Address.Remarks.
3Oct. 7th45 yearsFemaleAberfeldy StreetMother of the above patient; had nursed him for three weeks prior to notification of enteric fever. .
4Oct. 4th28 yearsMaleCardigan RoadHad eaten cockles five weeks previously.
5Dec. 14 th2 yearsFemaleChapelhouse StreetMother states that child had been eating shrimps a week previously.
6Dec. 27th7 yearsMaleWhitepost LaneStated by doctor in attendance to have eaten cockles and winkles.

Table: Respecting the stated causes and predisposing influences, etc., of some of the other cases, they are given below as received from the patients or their friends, viz.:—

Respecting the stated causes and predisposing influences, etc., of some of the other cases, they are given below as received from the patients or their friends, viz.:—

No.Date. 1911.Age.Sex.Address.Remarks.
1Jan. 25th12 yearsMaleBeachy RoadThere had been a previous case at this address.
2Mar. 11th18 yearsMaleQuickett StreetDitto.
3July 13th27 yearsFemaleTamar StreetHad stayed at N. Weald on a farm and had drunk well water.
4Aug. 3rd41 yearMaleWest Ferry RoadPatient had been abroad and it was alleged had suffered from malarial fever. Had also recently been suffering from pneumonia and congestion . Had previously lived on a plantation on the West Coast of Africa near Morocco.
5Oct. 6th9 yearsMaleGaverick StreetHad been playing at river side and came home very wet.
6Oct. 12 th17 yearsFemalePlevna StreetHad just recovered from double pneumonia.
7Nov. 16th37 yearsMaleGalbraith StreetPatient, a seafaring man, had been ailing for some time; had recently been in Russian ports, also Egypt (Alexandria), and had only been home three days.