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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 1930

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

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Table: Quantity Produced.

Quantity Produced.

As Manufactured. Gallons.As Issued. (i.e.. Weaker Solution.) Gallons.Electricity Consumed. Units.
No. 1 Apparatus7,56015,1203,906
No. 2 Apparatus7,89015,7803,983½
No. 3 Apparatus28,24566,88012,385½
Totals43,69597,78020,275

Table: Distribution of Fluid. The fluid was distributed as follows:—

Distribution of Fluid. The fluid was distributed as follows:—

galls.
Violet Road Depot32,908
Bickmore Street Depot14,440
Old Ford Road Depot8,965
Ford Road Depot6,898
Trego Road Depot6,190
Stebondale Street Depot9,985
West Ferry Road Depot3,060
Public Health Office54
Poplar Baths2,065
Bow Baths2,354
Island Baths358
W ick Lane Baths204
Empson Street Baths349
Weston Street Baths60
Open Air Bath, Bromley1,070
Poplar Town Hall123
Bromley Public Hall71
Works Department156
Public Assistance Committee Offices, Poplar132
Public Assistance Committee Offices, Bow93
Poplar Institution3,835
Langley House184
Poplar Training School, Hutton54
Public Libraries392
London County Council Schools1,148
London County Council School Clinic170
Mortuary, High Street, Poplar330
Tuberculosis Dispensaryh0
Royal College of St. Katharine167
Council Offices, Poplar70
Finance Department Offices30
Kingsley Hall55
M. and C. W. Centre, Simpsons Road75
M. and C. W. Centre, Wellington Road100
M. and C. W. Clinic, West Ferry Road18
Howrah House Convent228
Electricity Department—
Poplar Showrooms22
Bow Showrooms
S. Mildred's House54
Sold to Private Firms in Borough, etc.1,213
Used at premises where smallpox occurred20
97,780