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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

London County Council 1899

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

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Table: APPENDIX I.— continued.LONDON SANITARY DISTRICTS.

APPENDIX I.— continued.LONDON SANITARY DISTRICTS.

Name of parish or town.Number of inhabitants at middle of 1892.Quantity of dust collected per ton, 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.Disp???l.Total.
£££
Mile-end Old-town108,00021,57739,957Part burned and part sold1881; two in 1891, 6 tons each...2,1841,6603,844
Paddington117,83836,86088,077Sifted, sorted and sold............2,819
St. Paneras234,43778,000195,000Sent in country............13,198
Plumstead—Charlton Pariahnot given4,5179,482On shoot......37525400
„ Lee and Kidbrook Parishes23,5604,81710,000For agricultural purposes............1,350
„ Plumstead Parish54,35012,02224,960By shoots in vicinity...............
Poplar166,69732,51767,512By contract............7,873
Rotherhithe39,07510,081...By contract...............
Shoreditch124,00022,000...By barge and rail...............
St. Saviour28,6227,384...By contract...............
St. Olave12,6945,27310,948Barged to Kent...............
Strand25,10716,500 (about)44,827Barged away...............
Wandsworth—Clapham Parish45,0007,74019,000Sent to Sevenoaks......1,4441,0562,500
„ Streatham „45,0007,28315,750Carted out of parish............1,265
„ Tooting „6,0001,548...Carted on vacant land............149
„ Putney „18,5005,4669,110By contract to shoots in parish............520
,, Wandsworth „49,00010,53021,450Carted outside parish............957
Westminster (St. James)24,9936,44810,399 van loadsBy contract...............
„ (St Margaret and St. John).55,76015,41432,022Barged away............1,542
St. Martir.-in-the-Fields14,5745,88122,590Barged away............3,106
Whitechapel74,46221,900...Part burntFryer; 1876; 8 tons ...............
Woolwich40,8487,51415,600BurntFryer; 1892 ,Yes.........