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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Brought forward 396 7 11
| Sundries, Structural (Electricity Department) | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Sundries (Electricity Department) | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Structure of Depot (Works Department) | 120 | 6 | 1 |
| Sundries | 32 | 4 | 7 |
| Carboys | 23 | 16 | 9 |
| 583 9 2 |
| Electricity | 15 | 17 | 10 | |||
| Salt | 4 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Chloride of Magnesium | 7 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Caustic Soda | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Water (manufacturing disinfectant) | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| — | 33 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Wages (manufacturing) | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
| ,, (packing, delivering and issuing) | 307 | 12 | 71 | |||
| — | 407 | 12 | 7 | |||
| Testing Reagent | 2 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Bottles | 97 | 12 | 1† | |||
| Corks | 19 | 11 | 8 | |||
| Paraffin Wax for Corks | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Labels | 10 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Water (washing, rent and meter) | 1 | 18 | 8 | |||
| Cotton waste | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Cartage | 23 | 18 | ||||
| Supplying Electric Light | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Paste | 0 | 9 | 6 | |||
| — | 161 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Carried forward | 602 | 16 | 11 |
* Wages.—The distribution of the fluid from the Glaucus Street depot has ceased,
the disinfectant being issued direct from the manufacturing depot, thereby saving £40
in wages.
† Bottles. —For the year 1907 the cost will be less as the bottles are now bought
for 14s. per gross as against 16s., and there are a large number in stock and in circulation
; moreover, the old carbolic blue glass bottles, costing 23s. per gross, have been
washed and will be used. The expenditure for bottles could also be lessened if applicants
brought their own bottles, which could be filled directly from the carboys—there being
no need for a specially made and coloured bottle as there was for the carbolic acid.
[Whilst this report is being written applicants are bringing their own bottles and
the system appears to be answering satisfactorily.]
‡ Cartage.—For the current year the cartage will amount to £14, as the depots, etc.,