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London County Council 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: APPENDIX I.PARTICULARS RELATING TO DUST DISPOSAL FOR THE YEAR 1892,LONDON SANITARY DISTRICTS.

APPENDIX I.

PARTICULARS RELATING TO DUST DISPOSAL FOR THE YEAR 1892,

LONDON SANITARY DISTRICTS.

Name of district or parish.Number of inhabitants at middle of 1892.Quantity of dust collected per year, inHow disposed of, i.e., burnt or otherwise.Kind of furnace used, date when built, and quantity consumed per cell in 24 hours.Is a cremator used, and, if so, what is the cost of working it?Balance sheet for one year, exclusive of capital account, showing cost of collection and disposal separately.
Tons.Cubic yards.Collection.Disposal.Total.
Battersea157,00025,00050,000BurntFryer; 1888; 7 tonsNot used£ 4,184£ 3,338£ 7,522
Bermondsey84,6887,06114,661Barged away......1,8669662,832
Bethnal-green129,13426,091...Contract...............
Camberwell235,31230,940...By barges, rail and shoots in parish......4,8323,3408,172
Chelsea96,000 301,384 day pop. 37,000 night pop. 65,56723,18048,126Barged away...............
City27,68273,575 loadsPart burnt and bargedFryer; 1884............
Clerkenwell16,916...To brickmakers; paper burnt.Furnace for burning paper; 1880No.........
Fulham96,00022,98438,308Barged away and shoots......2,8731,8364,709
St. George, Hanover-squarenot givennot givennot givenContract...............
St. George-in-the-East45,54611,751...Contract...............
St. George-the-Martyrnot givennot given.....................
St. Giles-in-the-Fields39,77811,263...Contract............3,800
Greenwich—Greenwich Parish57,24421,82445,310By barge mostly............4,214
„ St. Paul's, Deptford Parish108,08831,83155,088......6,650
„ St. Nicholas, Deptford „6,8282,3004,776......513
Hackney233,83746,25096,024By contractor on vacant land Barged away............10,071
Hammersmith99,81921,967.........3,2652,4425,707
Hampstead70,00019,668...BurntFryer; 1888; 6 tons, 8 cellsYes; worked with breeze4,9371,6266,563
Holborn33,2488,578...By contract...............
Islington320,00056,691..................23,107
Kensingtonnot givennot given.....................
Lambeth275,20229,34760,930Barged away............14,147
Lewisham and Penge92,64724,55750,986Shot on shoots......3,210783,288
Limehousenot givennot given...By contract...............
St. Luke's42,41129,246...Sent away in barges...............
St. Marylebone142,3815,78012,000By contractor...............