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Poplar 1913

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

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Table: Distribution of Fluid. The fluid was distributed as follows :—

Distribution of Fluid. The fluid was distributed as follows :—

1.Violet Road Depot17,450 gallons.
2.Bickmore Street Depot7,410 „
3.Old Ford Road Depot3,384 „
4.Ford Road Depot4,896 „
5.Trego Road Depot4,460 „
6.Stebondale Street Depot4,125 „
7.Millwall Depot780 „
8.Public Health Offices84 „
9.Poplar Baths7,456 „
10.Bow Baths8.244 „
11.Millwall Baths2,475 „
12.Poplar Town Hall132 „
13.Bromley Public Hall51 „
14.Works Department1,120 „
15.Guardians' Offices285 „
16Poplar Union Workhouse1,100¼
17.Langley House15
18.Poplar Training School, Hutton31½ „
19.Farm Colony, Laindon101¼ „
20.Bow Relief Offices21 „
21.Poplar Distress Committee12 „
22.Blackwall Branch Asylum96 „
23.Used at Council's Shelter in baths of verminous persons182 „
24.London County Council Schools1,094 „
25.Mortuary, High Street, Poplar1,218 „
26.Borough of Poplar Dispensary11 „
27.In stock500 „
Total66,740 „

Table: Cost of Material and Electricity. The cost of material in manufacturing 66,740 gallons of the electro-lytic fluid was as follows :—

Cost of Material and Electricity. The cost of material in manufacturing 66,740 gallons of the electro-lytic fluid was as follows :—

£s.d.
Electricity, 11,367 units at l½d. per unit71010½
Chloride of Magnesium, 5 tons ½ cwt.24168
Salt, 10 tons1786
Caustic Soda10189
Water309
Total cost of materials to produce 66,740 gallons£12756½