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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Quarter. | Total number of Cleanings. | No. of First Cleanings. | No. of Second Cleanings. | Amount. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| March | 582 | 299 | 283 | 29 | 18 | 0 |
| June | 663 | 335 | 328 | 33 | 10 | 0 |
| September | 415 | 225 | 190 | 22 | 10 | 0 |
| December | 577 | 307 | 270 | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 2,237 | 1,166 | 1,071 | 116 | 12 | 0 |
Representing 1788 cleanings belonging to the Borough (868 males
and 920 females) and 445 cleansings outside the Borough (267 males and
178 females).
Miss Tattersall made 1,254 visits in connection with verminous school
children—279 Poplar, 802 Bromley, and 173 Bow.
Itch Cases.
Three men with itch were bathed and their clothes disinfected.
Miss Tattersall made 122 visits in connection with children suffering
from itch—45 Poplar, 61, Bromley and 16 Bow.
cleansing of persons act, 1897.
The Council is empowered by the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
to give any person applying, on the ground that he is infested with
vermin, free use of any apparatus for cleasning his person and clothing,
and may expend any reasonable sum on buildings, appliances and
attendants for this purpose. Provision was made in 1905 for cleansing
verminous persons.
During the year 258 persons (including 250 from Common Lodging
Houses—see below) had applied for baths and for their clothes to be
disinfested. Since the notices were posted throughout the Borough, a
total of 5,324 persons had applied for baths, etc., as mentioned above.