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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
Wandsworth 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following is the expenditure in Connection with the stables in the Borough during the past year:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provender | 2,065 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Shoeing | 85 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Veterinary fees | 65 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Wages of horse-keepers, etc. | 568 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Harness, additions and repairs | 139 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Repairs, etc. to stables | 20 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Various utensils and sundries | 86 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Rates, insurance, gas, and water | 61 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Interest on capital and depreciation on buildings, 5 per cent, on £4,173 : 115:6 | 208 | 9 | ||||
| Interest on gas engine and fittings, 10 per cent, on £490 : 16 : 0 | 49 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Interest on 49 horses, 10 per cent. £3,122 : 10 : 0 | 312 | 0 | ||||
| Interest on 1 horse, 10 per cent, on £76 15:0 for 2 months | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Interest on 2 horses, 10 per cent, on £138: 10; 0 for 4 months | 4 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Interest on 1 horse, 10 per cent, on £63 : 10 : 0 for i month | 0 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Interest on 1 horse, 10 per cent, on £73 : 10 : 0 for 2 months | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 319 | 17 | 9 | ||||
| Interest on trace harness, 10 per cent, on £26 : 10 : 8 | 2 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Interest on various stable utensils, 10 per cent, on £20 : 14 : 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| £3.675 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| £3,667 | 10 | 7 | ||||
The number of days worked was 14,6041½; the cost per day
for each horse being 5s. 1d.
Eight additional horses have been purchased at a cost of
£561 : 5 : 0, and six sold for £95 : 15 : 0, the present number of
horses being 54.