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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Distribution of Fluid.
The fluid was distributed as follows :—
1. Violet Road Depôt 15,695¾ gallons.
2. Bickmore Street Depôt 5,845 „
3. Old Ford Road Depôt 2,264 „
4. Ford Road Depôt 3,570 „
5. Trego Road Depôt 3,401 „
6. Stebondale Street Depôt 3,474 „
7. Millwall Depôt 862 „
8. Public Health Offices 63 ,,
9. Poplar Baths 4,832 ,,
10. Bow Baths 5,527 „
11. Millwall Baths 1,110 „
12. Poplar Town Hall 72 „
13. Bromley Public Hall 51 „
14. Works Department 1,932 ,,
15. Guardians' Offices 219 „
16. Poplar Union Workhouse 1,032 ,,
17. Poplar Branch Workhouse, Forest Gate 72 „
18. Langley House 21 „
19. Poplar Training School, Hutton 22½ ,,
20. Farm Colony, Laindon 83¼ „
21. Casual Wards 22½ „
22. Bow Relief Offices 9 ,,
23. Poplar Distress Committee 33 ,,
24. Blackwall Branch Asylum 1,056 „
25. Used at Council's Shelter in baths of
verminous persons 107 ,,
26. Farringdon Engineering Co. 540 „
27. London County Council Schools 960 ,,
28. Mortuary, High Street, Poplar 1,512 ,,
Total 54,388 gallons.
Cost of Material and Electricity. The cost of material in manufacturing 54,388 gallons of the electrolytic fluid was as follows:—
| £. | s | d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity, 9,555 units at l½d. per unit | 59 | 14 | 4½ |
| Chloride of Magnesium, 4 tons | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| Salt, 8 tons 2½ cwt. | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| Caustic Soda | 7 | 16 | 3 |
| Water | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Total cost of materials to produce 54,388 gallons | £101 | 2 |