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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
Ilford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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STATISTICS AS TO REFUSE COLLECTION, 1935.
| Horse. | Electric. | Vulcan. | S. D. Freighters. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nos. 6 & 8. | No. 9. | No. 11. | Nos. 12 to 20, 2, 3 & 5. | ||||||||||||||||||
| dumber of collection days | 32 | 297 | 307 | 228 | 225 | 307 | 1,396 | ||||||||||||||
| Aggregate number of days vehicles employed | 152 | 576 | 529 | 228 | 225 | 2,890 | 4,600 | ||||||||||||||
| rotal number of loads collected | 510 | 1,648 | 1,879 | 815 | 889 | 9,568 | 15,309 | ||||||||||||||
| Average number of vehicles employed per day | 4.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 19.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Average number of loads collected per day | 15.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 31.1 | 66.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Average number of loads collected per vehicle per day | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tons Cwts. Qrs. | Tons Cwts. Qrs. | Tons Cwts. Qrs. | Tons Cwts. Qrs. | Tons Cwts. Qrs. | Tons Cwts. Qrs. | Tons Cwts. Qrs. | |||||||||||||||
| Total weight of refuse collected | 578 | 14 | 2 | 4,425 | 3 | 0 | 5,481 | 17 | 2 | 1,566 | 15 | 1 | 1,811 | 6 | 0 | 24,273 | 16 | 2 | 38,137 | 12 | 3 |
| Average weight per load | 1 | 2 | 2.8 | 2 | 13 | 2.8 | 2 | 18 | 1.4 | 1 | 18 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3.3 |
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||||
| Estimated average cost of collection per ton | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1.2 | 6 | 7.2 | 8 | 10.7 | 7 | 8.4 | 8 | 3.9 | 7 | 7.S | |||||||
Collection has been improved by the extended use of low-loading motor vehicles, three S.D. Freighters having been purchased
during 1935. The Council now has two electric, three Vulcans and thirteen Freighters engaged upon Refuse Collection.