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Depots.
The fluid is distributed to the inhabitants of the Borough from five
depots.* The fifth depot was opened early in the year 1908. Applicants
bring their own bottles and vessels, and this method of distribution effects a
saving to the Council, as the cost of the bottles for the year will showBottles
have cost £31 2s. 11d., labels £3, and corks £8 1s. 6d., the cost
of bottles, corks, labels and bags for the years 1903, 1904 and 1905, being
£142 3s. 11d., £172 18s. 4d., and £168 7s. 7d. respectively.
Total Quantity Manufactured since Installation of Plant.
Cost for Electricity and Material. Condition of
Electrodes.
Since the plant has been installed (a period of three years) 60,000
gallons of Electrolytic Fluid have been manufactured, and the cost for
electricity and materials has been about £120, and so far as the electrodes
are concerned, about one dozen zinc electrodes with the necessary nuts
and bolts for fixing same have been replaced, at a cost of under 40s.
Stability.
As to the stability of the fluid, it may be interesting to know that
prior to the adoption of the improved method now in operation in Poplar,
one of the carboys of electrolytic fluid made on 27th March, 1906, at a
strength of 4.818 grammes of chlorine per litre, was kept for testing, and
when tested gave results as follows:—
*The opening up of a fifth depot did not involve any increase in staff as the hours of
distribution were re-arranged and are as under:—
Place of Distribution. Hours.
Bickmore Street, Poplar 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
West Perry Road, Council's Depot 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Saturdays excepted).
Old Ford Road, Council's Depot) 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
20, Ford Road, Clark's Stone Yard 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Saturdays excepted).
Violet Road, Bromley, adjacent to
Borough Electricity Station 'J a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.;
and 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays.