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Poplar 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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10. Bromley Public Hall 6 gallons.
11. Works Department (Surveyor)* 11,770½ ,,
12. Guardians' Offices 90 ,,
13. Poplar Union Workhouse 678 „
14. Branch Workhouse, Forest Gate 486 „
15. Langley House 82½ ,,
16. Poplar Training School, Hutton l0½ ,,
17. Farm Colony, Laindon 94½ ,,
18. Casual Wards 114½ ,,
19. Bow Relief Offices 105 „
20. Poplar Distress Committee 106 ,,
21. Blackwall Branch Asylum 546 ,,
22. Used at Council's Shelter in baths of
verminous persons 112½ ,,
Total 28,280 gallons.
Cost of Material, Electricity and Labour during the.
Year 1908.
The cost of material in manufacturing 28,280 gallons of the electrolytic fluid for the year 1908 was as follows:—
| £ | S. | d. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity, 4,543 units at l½d. per unit | 28 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| cwt. | qrs. | lbs. | |||||
| Chloride of Magnesium | 23 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | |
| 24 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Salt, 6 tons | 9 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Caustic Soda | 5 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Water | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total cost of materials to produce 28,280 gallons | £56 | 2 | 5 | ||||
The cost of labour remains about the same (even with another depot
opened) as it was during the year 1907. The wages are one man
manufacturing the fluid, paid 35s. per week, and three men distributing
at various arranged hours at the 5 depots (32s., 30s., and 30s. respectively).
*Supplied at a charge of 1d. per gallon to Works Department (for watering roads,
flushing gullies, sewer manholes and market places). All institutions are supplied
gratis.