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Willesden 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table No. 19.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.

Table: TABLE OF QUANTITIES.

TABLE OF QUANTITIES.

Year.Annual quan In cubic yds.tity collected. In tons.Standard Quantities in cubic yardsNo. of Houses in District, Michaelmas.Population of district, Michaelmas.Amount of Refuse collected per house per annum.Amount of Refuse per head of population.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Cubic yds.Cubic yd.
1900-179,87525,90584,10016,820115,2014.7.69
1901-283,58727,10986,29017,258117,6194.8.71
1902-391,170 99,76129,56890,94018,188123,9875.0.73
1903-432,35495,86019,172130,6215.2.76
1904-599,51032,273100,04520,009135,6134.9.73
1905-688,86028,81978,79320,735140,6924.3.63
1906-779,13725,66680,21421,109 21,485142,7723.7.55
1907-880,10025,97881,643144,9123.755
1908-986,06227,91283,01521,846'49,7443. 9.57
1909-1080,55826,12783,86222,069151,000 154,2983.7.53
1910-1180,41726,08185,06322,3853.6.52
1911-1284,36727,36286,18022,679157,7173.7.53
1912-1387,10628,25087,10722,923l6l,l88 164,5383. 8.54
1913-1479,45025,76788,19023,2083.4.48

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†Standard quantities are calculated upon the respective mean quantities of refuse collected per house (5 0 cubic
yards during the quinquennium 1900-4 and 3.8 cubic yards during the nine years 1905-13). They represent the theoretical
number of cubic yards of refuse removed per annum on the assumption that the mean quantity per house had remained
constant for all houses during the respective periods. The quantity in the respective periods rises steadily and proportionately
to the number of new houses added to the district.
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