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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric motor for stirring: 310 units | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| Bottles, Corks and Labels. | |||
| Bottles1 | £24 | 4 | 0 |
| Corks | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Labels (no labels ordered) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| £35 | 9 | 0 | |
* A large stock remains on hand, as order was given in December.
Total Quantity Manufactured since Installation of Plant. Since the installation of the plant, a period of eight years, 312,999 gallons of fluid have been manufactured at a cost for electricity of £326 18s. 10d., and materials of £285 13s. 0d. (under ½d. per gallon).*
| Year. | Output, gallons. | Material, Chloride of Magnesium, Salt, Caustic Soda and Water. | Electricity. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1906 | 17,000 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 3 |
| 1907 | 15,586 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 11 |
| 1908 | 28,280 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 5 |
| 1909 | 27,216 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 17 | 53 | 2 | 2½ | |
| 1910 | 50,726 | 47 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 98 | 2 | 4 |
| 1911 | 53,063 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 56 | 16 | 7½ | 107 | 14 | 4½ |
| 1912 | 54,388 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 14 | 4½ | 101 | 2 | |
| 1913 | 66,740 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 133 | 8 | 1½ | |
| Total | 312,999 | £285 | 13 | 0 | £326 | 18 | 10 | £612 | 11 | 10 |
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 1d. 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.
* See "Comments on Adverse Criticisms," Annual Report, 1911.