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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Quantity Produced. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| As Manufactured. Gallons. | As Issued. (i.e.. Weaker Solution.) Gallons. | Electricity Consumed. Units. | |
| No. 1 Apparatus | 24,870 | 49,980 | 9,982 |
| No. 2 Apparatus | 25,174 | 50,580 | 9,845 |
| No. 3 Apparatus* | 7,800 | 15,900 | 4,062 |
| Totals | 57,904 | 116,460 | 23,889 |
* From 19th June No. 3 was closed down and dismantled, the four electrolysers
being added to Nos. 1 and 2.
975 gallons were supplied to London County Council Elementary
Schools for spraying and cleansing floors of classrooms.
Cleansing of Verminous School Children.
The arrangements for cleansing of verminous school children were
continued throughout the year.
| Quarter. | Number of Children Cleansed. | Total number of Cleansings. | Amount payable by L.C.C. to the Borough Council. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | s. | d. | |||
| March | 390 | 1,267 | 76 | 11 | 0 |
| June | 484 | 1,039 | 73 | 5 | 0 |
| September | 498 | 808 | 64 | 8 | 0 |
| December | 469 | 1,255 | 80 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 1,841 | 4,369 | £294 | 17 | 0 |
Miss Landray made 15 visits in connection with verminous schoolchildren
and 290 visits in connection with children suffering from Scabies.
Arrangements were made for the children to be bathed, and for bedding
and clothing to be disinfested.
Cleansing of Persons.
During the year, 150 persons—including 25 from common and seamen's
lodging houses (see next page)—applied for baths and for their clothes
to be disinfested.