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Wandsworth 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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WANDSWORTH.
| C.—Collection and Disposal: — | ||||||
| s. | ||||||
| Mr. E. King's contract | 3.769 | 10 | ||||
| Labour and sundries | . 147 | 3 | 3,916 | 13 | 1 | |
| PUTNEY. | ||||||
| Collection:— | ||||||
| Wages | 426 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Council's horses | 35 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Horse hire | 1,121 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Repairs to vans | 33 | 10 | 9 | |||
| New van | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New baskets and repairs | 5 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Sundries | 36 | 11 | 7 | |||
| Depreciation on vans, 10% on £351 : 10 : 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Depreciation on one van 6 months 10% on £45 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1.745 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 19 | 16 | 0 | 1,726 | 0 | 10 | |
| Disposal:— | ||||||
| Removing dust by barge | 1.343 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Shoot at Kingston Vale | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1,334 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| £6,986 | 16 | 11 | ||||
Femoral of
Fish Offal,
etc.
During the past 12 months the collection of fish and other
offal has been carried out by the Council by means of
tins (the tins being supplied by the Council) which
are collected by the Council from the tradesmen's shops at the rate
of 4d. per tin, the number of tins collected being 13,025. The cost
of collection and disposal is as follows, viz.:— £ s. d.
Horse Hire and Wages 265 13 6
210 New Tins 140 0 0
Smocks for men 2 16 0
£408 9 6
Receipts £221 19 2