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Wandsworth 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING.
The following is the expenditure for dusting during the year, viz. :—
| Cost of collection : — | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 1,378 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Hired horses | 11 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Board's horses | 574 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 585 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Cost of disposal: | ||||||
| Newington Vestry | 311 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Railway charges | 874 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Repairs and renewals of plant. . | 112 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 3,262 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| £3,239 | 0 | 6 | ||||
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Board, by hired carts, and by the Board's horses
and vans; 4,740 one-horse cart loads and 3,560 van loads
have been cleared from the roads and 2,332 cart loads
from gullies. The following is the cost for the year,
viz. :— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Wages . . .. .. 2,751 1 3
Uartage, hired horses 804 2 9
„ Board's horses 331 5 0
1,135 7 9
Shoots 833 9 2
Tools 120 2 7
Sanding roads during frost 21 0 0
4,861 0 9
Cr. Received for road grit, 229 cart and 333
van loads 16 18 3
£4,844 2 6