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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
Fulham 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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"I beg to submit below a Table showing the estimated relative cost "per annum of each scheme
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| “1 Barging at Mr. Covington's last price, 12,000 loads at 2s. 3d. | 1,850 | 0 | 0 |
| “2 Destructor, see my report of 26tli September, founded on cost at Whitechapel ... | 1,120 | 0 | 0 |
| “3 Shoot at Mr. Walden's, 12,000 loads at Is. 11d. | 1,150 | 0 | 0 |
| “4 Mr. Lucas' Scheme, 12,000 loads at 1s. 9d. | 1,050 | 0 | 0 |
| “5 Shoot at Mr. Neave's, Margravine Road, 12,000 loads at 9¾d. | 487 | 0 | 0 |
"The method of dealing with the dust adopted by Mr. Lucas seems
"to me sanitary and preventive of waste, and is but a development of
"processes already existing at Paddington, for instance, and elsewhere.
"My impression is that the most economical and final method of
"dealing with the dust in London will be by a combination of a Sorting
"Machine for the valuable products (similar to Paddington) and a
"Destructor for the useless and unsanitary products.
"The process will have to be carried out at a Wharf to allow the
"different products to be separately barged away.
"Before the Committee decide on any system, I should like to have
"an opportunity of accompanying them to the Paddington Vestry
“Wharf, and to Lett's Wharf belonging to the City of London, where
"the sorting processes are already adopted."
SNOW.
Snow fell on the 19th of February, and the 20th March, 1888, and
the following extra men were employed from amongst the "unemployed
of Fulham," for clearing snow and keeping the streets clean
during the winter months.
During the two days 850 loads of snow were carted to shoots.
| Week ending. | No. of Days. | No. of Men. | Rate per Day. | Cost. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| 1887. 16th December | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |||
| „ | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||
| „ | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||
| „ | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||
| „ | 22 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| 23rd ,, | 3 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | |||
| „ | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 0 | |||
| „ | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 43 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carried Forward | £66 | 0 | 0 | |||||||