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Poplar 1914

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

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151
No. Date. Age. Sex. Address.
1914.
1 Jan. 16th 41 years Male Market Street
2 Jan. 29th 16 years Male Manilla Street
3 Feb. 2nd 36 years Male Maria Street
4 Feb. 15th 28 years Male Strafford Street
5 Feb. 20th 22 years Female Strafford Street
6 Mar. 20th 25 years Male Pennyfields...
7 June 2nd 26 years Female St. Leonards Road.
8 June 10th 41 years Male Sophia Street
9 Aug. 10th 13 years Male Bow Road
10 Sep. 10th 5 years Female Lion Street
11 Sep. 14th 50 years Male Wyvis Street
12 Oct. 7th 18 years Female Brunswick Road
13 Oct. 12th 12 years Male Brunswick Road
14 Oct. 24th 6 years Male Leven Road
15 Nov. 26th 17 years Male Gray Street
Remarks.
Waterman, had had frequent
wettings, colds, etc.
Had suffered from stomach
troubles.
Patient was a labourer (stevedores)
working in the Millwall
Docks and had been on
a barge from which foul
water was being pumped.
Patient had visited his sister
and her husband and child,
all of whom were suffering
with Enteric Fever. The
husband since died of the
disease.
Patient was living in same
house as above patient.
Patient was a seaman on the
s.s. "Linnen" of Liverpool
and was discharged
from his ship in Marseilles,
he was detained in hospital
there for two days, when he
came home (overland) to
England, he lodged for two
days at Pennyfields then
went into the Seamen's
Hospital at Greenwich,
where he died from Enteric
Fever.
Patient worked at feather
mills in Whitechapel Road
and complained of smell
emanating from drains
which were under repair.
Sink waste pipe connected to
drain.
Drain choked.
It is alleged that patient was
frightened by a Chinaman
in the Poplar Recreation
Ground. Had not eaten
anything out of the ordinary.
Had been in a poor state of
health for some time. Was
employed by the Borough
Council.
No water to w.c. Fittings
defective.
Patient was a weakly undersized
boy and not in robust
health. Son of above
patient.
Had been ill for some time.
Contracted from a patient in
Grundy Street.