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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 1912

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

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Number of Verminous Children Bathed.

Table: The following numbers of children were cleansed, during the year ended 31st December, at the Council's Cleansing Station, Glaucus Street, under an agreement made with the London County Council by which the London County Council make payment to the Poplar Borough Council at the rate of two shillings per cleansing, such payment to cover any number of attendances of the child for a period of one calendar month from the date of the first cleansing, viz.:—

The following numbers of children were cleansed, during the year ended 31st December, at the Council's Cleansing Station, Glaucus Street, under an agreement made with the London County Council by which the London County Council make payment to the Poplar Borough Council at the rate of two shillings per cleansing, such payment to cover any number of attendances of the child for a period of one calendar month from the date of the first cleansing, viz.:—

Quarter.Total number of Cleansings.No. of First Cleansings.No. of Second Cleansings.Amount.
1912£s.d.
March292289328180
June298243552460
September5302213092220
December7142944202980
Totals1,8341,047787104140

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Miss Tattersall made 1,328 visits in connection with verminous school
children—372 Poplar, 862 Bromley, and 194 Bow.
Itch Cases.
Six cases of itch were bathed and their clothes disinfested—four
males (one adult and three boys), and two females.
Miss Tattersall made 152 visits in connection with children suffering
from itch—72 Poplar, 55 Bromley, and 25 Bow.
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