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Poplar 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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ELECTROLYTIC DISINFECTANT.
| 1906. February to December. | 1907. January to January 31st, 1908. | February, 1906, to January 31st, 1908. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Cost of Electric Current and Materials in manufacturing 32,586 gallons | — | — | 63 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Corks | 18 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 4 |
| Paraffin Wax for Corks | 1 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Labels | 10 | 7 | 6 | — | 10 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Bottles | 97 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 114 | 19 | 0 |
| Testing Re-agent | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Water for washing down and Rent of Meter | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Wages, including Holiday and Sick Pay (Manufacturing) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 6 | 4 | 195 | 6 | 4 |
| Wages (Packing, Issuing and Delivering to Depots, Guardians' Institutions and Sick Asylums), including Holiday and Sick Pay | 280 | 2 | 7* | 266 | 11 | 0* | 546 | 13 | 7* |
| Travelling Expenses between Depots, as one man has charge of two Depots | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Cartage to Council's Depots, Guardians' Institutions and Sick Asylums | 22 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 5 |
| £1009 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
Road and Blackwall, before the introduction of Electrolytic disinfecting fluid, £20 per
annum-
Wages.
Carbolic Acid.
Bottling fluid, making up powder and issuing:—
1903. 1904. 1905.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
284 5 9 321 4 8 373 12 2
* The wages (issuing and delivering) for the year 1908 will be less than those for
the previous years, as the depot in Glaucus Street has been closed, and the fluid is now
issued from the manufacturing depot. There are now four depots instead of five. The
estimated wages are £243 16s. 0d. per annum. Whilst this Report is being written there
is a proposal to open another depot in North Bow, which, if adopted, will increase the
wages for issuing and delivering.
(On the 2nd April, 1908, upon the recommendation of the Committee, the Council
approved of the following arrangement for the distribution of the disinfectant: —Bickmore
Street, Poplar, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 noon; West Ferry Road (near