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Poplar 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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The two plants can deliver in eight hours 400 gallons of electrolytic
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.

Total Cost of Electrolytic Fluid, Corks, Labels and Bottles, 1906—1910 (Five Years).

£s.d.£s.d.
Fluid, 1906—19076302
19085625
1909532
19109824
2707
Corks, Labels, and Bottles, 1906—19071501610
19084245
190938139
191037127
26977
£539148 ½

Cost of Carbolic Disinfectants, etc.

Public Health Department only. For the Years 1903, 1S04, 1905.

£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
*Carbolic Fluid Disinfectant18417121617524200
†Carbolic Powder Disinfectant521659067220
Total£236187275171131420
Bottles10937127154118193
Corks1210018150191510
Labels312051563150
Bags161842012625176
Total£37926£448163£48297

* 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 lis. 6d. per ton.