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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65, Bow Lane | |||
| 378, Old Ford Road | — | — | — |
| 38, Pennyfields | — | — | — |
| Salvation Army Home, Bow Road | — | — | — |
| East London Hostel, Garford Street | 24 | — | 24 |
| 411, East India Dock Road | — | — | — |
| 24 | — | 24 | |
| From Common Lodging Houses without the Borough of Poplar (by agreement with L.C.C. at a charge of is. per person cleansed) | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 25 | — | 25 |
For cleansing of verminous rooms see page 57.
Public Health Education.
Report by Mr. T. Wigley.
Some years ago, Mr. Neville Chamberlain wrote a foreword to a book
which had for its title "The Health of the Nation." In it he calls
attention to the surprise with which the utilitarian and the individualist
of a century ago would have discovered that our modern understanding
of public health organisation contains provisions for dealing with maternity
and infant welfare, with the child before and during its school life, with