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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity, 9,093 units at l½d. per unit | 56 | 16 | 7½ |
| Chloride of Magnesium 5 14 30 | 24 | 5 | 2 |
| Salt, 8 tons 2½ cwt. | 13 | 18 | 6 |
| Caustic Soda | 10 | 18 | 9 |
| Water | 1 | 15 | 4 |
| Total cost of materials to produce 53,063 gallons | £107 | 14 | 4½ |
| Electric motor for stirring : 117 units | 0 | 14 | 7½ |
Bottles, Corks and Labels.
| Bottles | 9 | 7 | |
| Corks | 7 | 16 | |
| Labels (no labels ordered) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| £19 | 1 |
Total Quantity Manufactured sinck Installation of Plant.
Since the plant has been installed, a period now reaching six years,
nearly 200,000 gallons have been manufactured at a cost for electricity
and materials of under £380.
The Public Health Department is not only furnished with the
disinfectant and the various institutions of the Council (the public baths,
etc.), but the institutions of the Managers of the Sick Asylums and of the
Board of Guardians (within and without the Borough) are supplied with
an unlimited quantity free.
For the fluid supplied to the Works Department a charge of Id. per
gallon is made; the Public Health Department is credited with this
amount although no actual monetary transaction takes place.
As applicants now usually bring their own receptacles^to the depots,
there is also a very appreciable saving in the expense on bottles alone.
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