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Poplar 1935

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

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Verminous Persons in Common Lodging Houses, etc.

Table: The number of persons from Common Lodging Houses and Seamen's Lodging Houses, etc., cleansed at the Council's Cleansing Station, Glaucus Street, during the year was:-

The number of persons from Common Lodging Houses and Seamen's Lodging Houses, etc., cleansed at the Council's Cleansing Station, Glaucus Street, during the year was:-

Lodging House, etc.Male.Female.Total.
196, Bow Road---
65, Bow Lane1-1
378, Old Ford Road---
38, Pennyfields---
Salvation Army Home, Bow Road1-1
,, ,, Hostel, Garford Street8-8
411, East India Dock Road---
10-10
From Common Lodging Houses without the Borough of Poplar (by agreement with L.C.C. at a charge of 1s. per person cleansed)---
Totals10-10

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For cleansing of verminous rooms see page 55.
Public Health Education.
Report by Mr. T. Wigley.
The progress of Health and Social Services is undoubtedly cumulative,
and it should never be forgotten in considering them that the change of
a decimal place in statistical returns may mean in human terms the
difference between weal and woe for the individual or society. For some
results it is necessary to wait; the effect, for instance, of slum clearance
may not be seen immediately, but the next generation will be benefited
by it. In the work of Public Health Education, however, there is happily
no reason to doubt that the lessons learnt concerning, say, nutrition and