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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 1918

Annual report for the year 1918 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow

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

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

1.Violet Road Depot27,824 ½ gallons
2.Bickmore Street Depot5,745 ,,
3.Old Ford Road Depot3,624 „
4.Ford Road Depot2,940 ,,
5.Trego Road Depot2,505 ,,
6.Stebondale Street Depot3,480 ,,
7.Millwall Depot780 „
8.Public Health Offices108 ,,
9.Poplar Baths3,085 ,,
10.Bow Baths4,042 ,,
11.Millwall Baths97 „
12.Poplar Town Hall84 ,,
13.Bromley Public Hall42 „
14.Works Department976 ,,
15.Guardians' Offices285 „
16.Poplar Union Workhouse921 ,,
17.Langley House147 ,,
18.Poplar Training School, Hutton4½„
19.Public Libraries90 „
20.Used at Council's Shelter in baths of verminous persons622 ,,
21.London County Council Schools1,536 ,,
22.Mortuary, High Street, Poplar696 ,,
23.Borough of Poplar Dispensary40 „
24.Military Guard Posts, etc.74 „
25.Private Firms in Borough1,395 ,,
26.Bow Church Institute51 „
27.Council Offices, Poplar72 ,,
28.East London Federation of Suffragettes204 ,,
29.Kingsley Hall18 ,,
30.Wellington Road Air Raid Shelter12 ,,
Total61,500 ,,