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Poplar 1913

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

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This matter had been before the Council on several occasions during
the past three years, and strong protests against the condition of the
water had been made to the London County Council, urging that the
bathing lake should be thoroughly cleansed annually instead of triennially,
and arrangements made for more adequate flushing during the summer
months; also that more adequate supervision should be exercised in
respect of the condition of persons using the lake. The County Council,
however, considered the water was in sufficiently good condition for the
purpose. In the summer of 1911 a temporary military encampment
was formed in the park; complaints of the condition of the water were
made by the Army Medical Authorities, and bathing in the lake by the
men was forbidden. The lake was thereupon emptied and cleansed.
The Public Health and Housing Committee were of opinion more
adequate attention should be given by the London County Council to the
condition of the lake.
And recommended the Council that the action of Bethnal Green
Borough Council in this matter be supported.
verminous children attending schools.*
london county council (general powers)
act, 1907, children act, 1908.
Number of Verminous Children Bathed ; Itch Cases.
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 renewed with the London County Council 28th August 1912, 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 renewed with the London County Council 28th August 1912, 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.:—

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* Verminous Rooms, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, see page 205.
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