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REMOVAL OP HOUSE REFUSE.
Below is given the account for the removal of House Refuse from
dwellings in Hackney to the Municipal Destructor Works, from the
25th December, 1902, to the 25th December, 1903. Up till the
31st March, 1903, the house refuse was removed by F. Shellard,
contractor, at an average price of 3s. 6d. per ton. The total quantity
removed during this period was 10,513 tons at the price of
£1,848 3s. 9d. From this date to the end of the year, the house
refuse was removed by other contractors, the northern division by
Mr. Walker, at 4s. Id. per ton ; the southern division by Messrs.
Abbott at 4s. 4d. per ton. The quantity removed during this
period by these contractors wa3 28,127 tons, at a total cost of
£5,917 6s. 10d. Further details are given below.
During the first three months of the year, while Mr. Shellard was
contracting for the removal of the house refuse, the Council paid this
contractor, in addition to the average 3s. 6d. per ton, £576 for the
wages of the dustmen, formerly employed by the Council, transferred
to him. The total expenditure for the removal of the 38,640 tons
was £8,341 10s. 7d., which amounts to nearly 4s. 4d. per ton.
£ s. d.
Prices January to March—North Division 0 3 3 per ton.
South Division 0 3 9 ,,
March to December—Northern Division 0 4 1 ,,
Southern Division 0 4 1 „
Cost of Destruction at 2s. 8£d. perton 5,227 12 6
Dustman's Wages—Jan., Feb., and March,
1903 576 0 3
Sanitary Labour 1,379 6 2