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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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APPENDIX II.—
PROVINCIAL SANITARY DISTRICTS IN WHICH DUST DESTRUCTORS ARE IN USE.
| Name of parish or town. | Number of inhabitants at middle of 1892. | Quantity of dust collected per year, in | How 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. | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||||||
| Hastings | 57,000 | 15,500 | ... | ¾ burnt | Fryer; 1889; 4 cells, 10 tons | Jones | 2,654 | 156 | 2,810 |
| Heckmondwike | 10,000 | 2,020 | 3,120 | Burnt | Fryer; 1879; 3 cells | No. | ... | ... | ... |
| Hornsey | 46,000 | 8,010 | ... | Burnt | Warner; 1889; 35 tons | Jones; £800 | 267 | 320 | 587 |
| Huddersfield | 96,599 | 34,000 | 60,000 | ½ burnt; ½ to tips | Fryer; 1891; 10 cells, 6 tons; erecting others | Yes; £180 | ... | 267 | ... |
| Hull | 204,000 | ... | about 25,000 | Burnt | Fryer; 1882; 6 cells, 7 tons | Not used | 7,323 | 269 | 7,592 |
| Hyde | 32,000 | ... | ... | ... | Erecting Warner's; 4 cells | In course of erection | ... | ... | ... |
| Leeds | 369,099 | 128,000 | ... | ... | 3 destructors; 1876; 14 cells | ... | 12,800 | 4,900 | 17,700 |
| Leicester | 180,000 | 47,000 | ... | ⅓ burnt; ⅔ to shoots | Fryer; 1890; 6 cells, 9 tons; now adding 12 cells | Yes | 5,288 | 2,154 | 7,424 |
| Liverpool | 513,790 | 198,643 | ... | ⅛ burnt; 3/4 sent to sea; ⅛ farmers | Fryer; 1891; 12 cells, 8 tons; erecting 12 cells more | Yes; Jones; £256 | ... | ... | ... |
| Longton | 34,327 | 10,300 | ... | 3/4 burnt; rest to shoots | Fryer; 1888; 4 cells, 6 tons | Yes; refuse is burnt, so costs next to nothing | 515 | 309 | 824 |
| Manchester | 505,000 | 68,000 | ... | Burnt | Several furnaces; £280 | Several, but use 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Nelson | 25,000 | 7,700 | ... | Tipped | Richmond and Co.; 3 cells for offal; no date | Yes; £3 per week | 1,692 | 173 | 1,865 |
| Newcastle | 192,205 | 144,000 | ... | Part burnt; manure, &c. | Fryer; 1886; 6 cells, 7 tons; Warner; 1891; 6 cells, 7 tons | No | 18,600 | 20,021 | 38,621 |
| Nottingham | 215,000 | 133,006 | loads | 1/16 burnt; rest used on land | Fryer; 1880; 5 cells, 7 tons per cell in 12 hours | No | ... | ... | ... |
| Oldham | 136,469 | 40,000 | ... | ¼ burnt; ¾ to tips | Horsfall; 1891; 7 tons | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Preston | 109,038 | 25,000 | 33,000 | Burnt | Fryer; 1885; 4¼ tons | In course of erection | ... | ... | 10,139 |
| Richmond | 23,000 | 6,185 | 4,948 | Contract | Bee-hive (not used); 2 cells; 1884 | ... | ... | ... | 1,008 |
| Rotherham | 43,000 | 14,400 | ... | ¾ burnt; ¼ to farmers | Fryer; 1892; 6 cells, 5½ tons | Yes; 21s. per week | ... | ... | ... |
| Royton | 13,400 | ... | .. | Erecting Warner's | Erecting Jones's | ... | ... | ... | |
| Salford | 201,058 | 97,557 | ... | 1/3 burnt; 2/3 manure | Fryer; 1888; 18 cells, 7 tons | ... | ... | ... | 29,633 |
| Southampton | 65,325 | 20,000 | 50,000 | Part burnt, part sold | Fryer; 1885; 6 cells, 9 tons | No | 2,025 | 251 | 2,276 |
| Warrington | 43,000 | 13,000 | ... | Burnt | Fryer; 1882; 6 cells; 1887 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| West Derby | 39,041 | 37,000 | ... | Tipped | Erecting Fryer's | Erecting Jones's | ... | ... | 1,095 |
| Winchester, City of | 20,000 | 2,350 | loads | Burnt | Fryer; 1885; 1 cell Warner; 1892; 1 cell | No | ... | ... | ... |
| York | 67,000 | 5,500 | ... | Tipped | Erecting Warner's; 6 cells. | ||||