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[alt_arthur]

Bill, I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm wondering whether something's going on in some of the muggle camps. I was supposed to pay a visit this week to Walsall in West Midlands, to pick up a census report. Routine sort of thing, but the camp administrator insisted on sending the report on by owl instead. I wouldn't have thought anything of it, but I mentioned during the Floo call that I thought I'd stop by anyway, since I wanted to consult with Lem Crewekern - he's the chap who organises the work assignments, and I wanted to talk to him about a factory that might be able to take another twenty workers or so.

It became clear to me that they really didn't want me to visit, and their excuses sounded downright dodgy to me.

Then yesterday, I got put off by the Lincoln camp in Lincolnshire and today by Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire. Lincoln said they were too busy bringing in the harvest, which is absurd, as that's never stopped me from visiting any camp before. Welwyn Hatfield didn't even bother with an excuse, but just gave me a flat 'no.'

Do you have anyone in your network that give us an idea what is going on? Unrest of any kind, illness -- can you get your hands on anything from MLE? Could it be something connected to Lucius Malfoy's October 6 report of some kind of altercation at Shroton? Or perhaps you could nick a copy of the weekly status reports from those camps to St Mungo's?

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[alt_poppy]

Well, I can tell you they are stocking up on ingredients to treat any number of infectious illnesses--diphtheria, scarlet fever, meningitis, cholera, shigellosis, measles--some of the ingredients are specific to one or another anti-infective, but others are simply generally useful. I can't say from this list that they seem to be anticipating any particular need more than another. Given the diphtheria last year, it makes good sense for the camps to be certain they are prepared should any need arise.

I've done much the same here.