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Willesden 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TableNo.5.—REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE. TABLE OF COST.

TableNo.5.—REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE. TABLE OF COST.

YearTotalCost ofCollection.Standard Cost.†Cost per Cubic Yard.Cost per House.Cost per Head of Population.Rate in the £.
Sub-Districts.Total.
123
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)
£££d.s.d.d.d.
1900-12,0951,6003,127£6,822£8,23520 58114.23.13
1901-22,4751,8953,452£7,822£8,44922.590¾l6.03.45
1902-32,7252,4953,752£8,972£8,90523.6910½I7.43.69
1903-43,1002,9503,895£9,945£9,38623.9104½18.33.83
1904-53,4453,4893,995£10,929£9,79626.4101119.33.99
1905-62,5002,1502,800£7,450£5,97820.172¼12.82.60
1906-7*1,930*2,156*2,258£6.250£6,08519.051110.52.10
1907-8*2,300*2,450*2,250£6,850£6,19420.564½11.32 .20
1908-9*1,955*1,925*2,055£5,855£6,29816.354¼9.41.84
1909-101,7151,9391,950£5,604£6,36316.750¾8.91.73
1910-11.........£6,547£6,45419.5510¼.021.99
1911-12.........£6,547£6,53818.659¼10.01.97
1912-13.........£6,547£6,60918.058½9.71.93
1913-14.........£6,163£6,69118.653¾9.01.77
1914.........£6,436£6,71120.356¼9.31.85
1915.........£6,433£6,84418.955¾9.21.85

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*Alternative to inclusive contract for the District.
†Standard cost is calculated upon the mean cost of removal (23.5d. per cubic yard during the quinquennium
1900-4 and 18.9d. during the eleven years 1905-15). This standard cost represents the theoretical total cost per annum for
house refuse removal on the assumption that the mean number of cubic yards per house collected and the price per cubic
yard had remained constant during the respective periods. The standard cost in each of the respective periods rises
steadily and proportionately to the number of new houses added each year to the district.