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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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fluid at a strength of 4.5 to 6.1 grammes of Chlorine per litre. The
quantity mentioned above can of course be increased or diminished by
opening or shutting the valves, the strength varying in proportion to the
number of amperes allowed by the rheostat to pass through the electrodes.
Cost of Carbolic Disinfectants, etc.
Public Health Department only.
For the Years 1903, 1904, 1905.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Carbolic Fluid Disinfectant | 184 | 17 | 1 | 216 | 17 | 5 | 242 | 0 | 0 |
| † Carbolic Powder Disinfectant | 52 | 1 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | £236 | 18 | 7 | 275 | 17 | 11 | 314 | 2 | 0 |
| Bottles | 109 | 3 | 7 | 127 | 15 | 4 | 118 | 19 | 3 |
| Corks | 12 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 10 |
| Labels | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bags | 16 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 6 |
| Total | £379 | 2 | 6 | £448 | 16 | 3 | £482 | 9 | 7 |
Cost of disinfectants to the Guardians before the introduction of an
unlimited supply of Electrolytic Disinfectant Fluid, during the year 1905,
£199 14s.
Average annual cost of disinfectants to the Managers of Sick Asylums,
Devons Road and Blackwall, before the introduction of an unlimited
supply of Electrolytic Disinfecting Fluid, £20 per annum.
Wages.
Carbolic Acid.
| 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| 284 | 5 | 9 | 321 | 4 | 8 | 373 | 12 | 2 |
* 5,219 6,123 and 6,832 gallons for the respective years, at 8½d. per gallon,
† 20, 22 and 28 tons for the respective years, at £2 l1s. 6d. per ton.