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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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Material,
Chloride of
Year. Output, Magnesium, Electricity. Total,
gallons. Salt, Caustic
Soda and Water.
Cost.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ •. d.
1906 17,000 17 12 5 15 17 10 33 10 3
1907 15,586 14 16 9 14 13 2 29 9 11
1908 28,280 27 14 7 28 7 10 56 2 5
1909 27,216 23 4 7 29 17 79 53 2 2½
1910 50,726 47 11 10 50 10 6 98 2 4
1911 53,063 50 17 9 56 16 7½ 107 j4 4½
1912 54,388 41 7 10 59 14 4½ 101 2 2½
1913 66,740 62 7 3 71 0 10½ 133 8 l½
1914 68,795f 59 16 ll† 75 0 3 0134† 134 17 2†
1915 36,985†4 35 19 3† 48 12 0† 84 11 3†
1916 26,790† 74 4 0f 40 3 1f 114 7 1†
1917 27,900t 75 10 4† 44 11 6½† 120 1 10½†
1918 30,7504 114 5 94 51 2 8† 165 8 5†
Total 504,219 £645 9 3 £586 8 . 4½ £1,231 17 7½
The Public Health Department is not only furnished with the
disinfectant and the various institutions of the Council (the pubbc baths,
etc.), but the institutions of the Managers of the Sick Asylum and of the
Board of Guardians (within and without the Borough) are supplied with
an unlimited quantity free if required.
For the Fluid supplied to the Works Department a charge of Id
per gallon is made ; the Public Health Department is credited with this
amount although no actual monetary transaction takes place.
As applicants now usually bring their own receptacles to the depots,
there is also a very appreciable saving in the expense on bottles alone.
From October, 1915, for Electrolytic Disinfectant supplied to manufacturers
and trading concerns, a charge of 8d. per gallon is to be made
through the Electricity Department, the Electricity Undertaking being
allowed an amount of 10 per cent, for establishment charges.
* See " Comments on Adverse Criticism," Annual Report, 1911.
† On page 53 it will be seen that the fluid is made of greater strength and afterwards
broken down to half strength for distribution, more electrical current being used.
Gallons distributed:—
1914 88,425
1915 73,970
1916 53,580
1917 55,800
191 8 61,500
The diminution is due to not such a lavish distribution on account of increased
prices and difficulty of obtaining materials.