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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Electric motor for stirring: 396 units 296
Bottles, Corks and Labels.
Bottles 10 17 1
Corks 54 6
Labels (no labels ordered) 3 0 0
£19 1 7
Total Quantity Manufactured since Installation of Plant.
Since the installation of the plant, a period of nine years, 381,794 gallons of fluid have been manufactured at a cost for electricity of £401 19s. 1d., and materials of £345 9s. 11d. (under ½d. per gallon).1
| Year. | Output, gallons. | Cost. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 7½ | 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 | 2½ |
| 1913 | 66,740 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 10½ | 133 | 8 | 1½ |
| 1914 | 68,795† | 59 | 16 | 11† | 75 | 0 | 3† | 134 | 17 | 2† |
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.