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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
Willesden 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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SUMMARY, MAINTENANCE COSTS. DIRECT LABOUR. Electric Vehicles. Estimated, 1920-21.
| per ton. | per ton. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Wages | 8,162 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.33 | ||
| Barging | 7,577 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.64 | ||
| Capital Costs | 2,697 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.21 | ||
| All other charges | 2,173 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9.12 | ||
| 10 | 0.97 | ||||||
| £20,609 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8.30 | |||
Horse-Drawn Vehicles. Estimated 1920-21.
| per ton. | per ton. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Wages | 7,930 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.08 | ||
| Barging | 7,577 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.64 | ||
| Capital Costs | 1,278 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.422 | ||
| All other Charges | 4,054 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3.409 | ||
| 10 | 5.47 | ||||||
| £20,839 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 10.55 | |||
Contractor's Charges. Estimated 1920-21.
£22,188.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.
COST OF DUST COLLECTION IN WESTMINSTER AND MARYLEBONE.
Since writing the foregoing, there has come to hand the Municipal Journal of the 18th April,
1919, in which appears a report of the City Council of Westminster relative to the costs of dust collection
in Westminster and Marylebone during the year 1917-18 from which I extract the following
essential figures prepared by the City Comptroller of Westminster :—
Westminster City Council. (Total Tons Removed , 80,715). Actual , 1917-18.
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 23,992 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.34 | ||
| Barging | 23,388 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9.54 | ||
| All other Charges | 14,582 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.36 | ||
| 9 | 4.90 | ||||||
| 61,962 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.24 | |||
| Deduct receipts trade refuse | 310 | 0 | 0 | .90 | |||
| £61,652 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.34 |
St. Marylebone Borough Council. (Total Tons Removed , 26,886)
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 13,274 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.50 | ||||
| All other charges | 15,474 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.13 | ||||
| 28,748 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.63 | |||||
| Deduct Disposal of Slop | £285 | 0 | 2.54 | ||||||
| Oxford Street precept | £600 | 0 | 5.35 | ||||||
| Waste paper, etc. | £3,063 | ||||||||
| Less paid dustmen | £1,536 | ||||||||
| £1,527 | 1 | 1.61 | |||||||
| 2,412 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.50 | |||||
| Net Cost | £26,336 | 0 | 0 | Net Cost | 19 | 7.13 | |||