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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
Hackney 1900
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900
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DUSTING ACCOUNT, 1900.
| MONTH. | Northern Division | Southern Division | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loads. | Cost. | Loads. | Cost. | Loads. | Cost. | |||||||
| 1900 | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| January | 2357 | 660 | 11 | 2 | 2894 | 735 | 11 | 2 | 5451 | 1395 | 2 | 4 |
| February | 2339 | 604 | 4 | 10 | 2767 | 703 | 5 | 7 | 5106 | 1307 | 10 | 5 |
| March | 2248 | 580 | 14 | 3 | 2634 | 669 | 9 | 6 | 4882 | 1250 | 4 | 2 |
| April | 2488 | 642 | 14 | 8 | 2782 | 707 | 1 | 10 | 5270 | 1349 | 16 | 6 |
| May | 2493 | 644 | 0 | 6 | 21826 | 718 | 5 | 6 | 5319 | 1362 | 6 | 0 |
| June | 2343 | 605 | 5 | 6 | 2634 | 669 | 9 | 6 | 4977 | 1274 | 15 | 0 |
| July | 2401 | 620 | 5 | 2 | 2694 | 684 | 14 | 6 | 5095 | 1304 | 19 | 8 |
| August | 2282 | 589 | 10 | 4 | 2752 | 699 | 9 | 4 | 5034 | 1288 | 19 | 8 |
| September | 2146 | 554 | 7 | 8 | 2580 | 655 | 15 | 0 | 4726 | 1210 | 2 | 8 |
| October | 2284 | 590 | 0 | 8 | 2748 | 698 | 9 | 0 | 5032 | 1288 | 9 | 8 |
| November | 2333 | 6C2 | 13 | 10 | 2794 | 710 | 2 | 10 | 5127 | 1312 | 16 | 8 |
| December | 2370 | 612 | 5 | 0 | 2775 | 705 | 6 | 3 | 5145 | 1317 | 11 | 3 |
| 28284 | £7306 | 14 | 0 | 32880 | £8357 | 0 | 0 | 61164 | £15663 | 14 | 0 | |
| Less Fines | £13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 28284 | £7293 | 14 | 0 | 32880 | £8357 | 0 | 0 | 61164 | £15663 | 14 | 0 |
Dustmen's Wages £2,916 1 4
Sanitary Labour £961 12 4
Prices per load .. Northern Division, 5s. 2d. Southern Divison, 5s. 1d.