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As many of these persons proceeded to lodging-houses under the control of
the London County Council, I had the advantage of the co-operation of the
Medical Officer of Health for the County of London, and of the Lodging-House
Inspectors of the London County Council, who were able to check the working
of the arrangements by the Poor Jews' Temporary Shelter and other agents,
by visiting the addresses given and ascertaining whether the same were
correct, and I gratefully acknowledge their cordial co-operation.
In the end, the results attending this procedure were most satisfactory as
regards London.
The total number of Alien passengers thus detained and allowed to land,
under supervision, was 6,036. Of these, 277 were notified as proceeding to
the provinces; of these provincial addresses 212 were correct and 75 were
incorrect, about 25 per cent. being incorrect addresses.
In London only three or four of these passengers were subsequently
untraced.
The special precautions were relaxed on the 18th November, on receipt of
the following letter from the Local Government Board:—
" Local Government Board,
" Whitehall, S.W.,
" 13 th November, 1905.
" Sir,
" I am directed by the Local Government Board to state that
" during the recent appearance of Cholera in Prussia they have had
" before them from time to time reports from their Medical Officer on the
" precautionary measures adopted in the Port of London on the arrival
" of alien immigrants and transmigrants.
" The Board are now advised that there is no imminent danger of the
" introduction of Cholera into this country from these immigrants, and
" the Board concur in the opinion of their Medical Officer that the
" arrangements made for taking the names and addresses of all aliens
" arriving in the Port of London may now be safely abandoned.
" The Board at the same time take this opportunity of expressing
" their appreciation of the work done in the above respect by the Port
" Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Williams, and the staff of the Port
" Sanitary Authority.
" I am, Sir,
" Your obedient Servant,
" JOHN LITHIBY.
" The Clerk to the " Assistant Secretary.
" Port of London Sanitary Authority."