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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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Fulham Road, all through.
Lillie Road, from Lillie Bridge to North End Road.
Dawes Road, all through.
Fulham Palace Road, from Boundary to Crown Road.
King's Road, from Stanley Bridge to Waterford Road.
Water ford Road, all through.
North End Road, from Walham Green to the Cedars.
TOTAL COST OF CARTAGE.
The estimated total cost of cartage for the year, including the wages of the drivers, has been as follows:—
| 1886-7 | 1887-8. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| Scavenging | 1,299 | 0 | 0 | 1,102 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleansing Gullies | 189 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 5 | 0 |
| General Carting | 901 | 10 | 0 | 887 | 3 | 6 |
| Watering Roads | 850 | 10 | 0 | 739 | 19 | 0 |
| Dusting | 1,538 | 0 | 0 | 1,523 | 17 | 0 |
| Brooms, 75 days | 37 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4,778 | 0 | 0 | 4,391 | 14 | 6 |
The price paid by the Vestry per day for a horse, cart and driver
was 10s. until the 30th November, 1887, when it was reduced to 8s. 6d.
WORKMEN EMPLOYED AND WAGES PAID.
I submit here a table shewing the number of men in the employ of
the Vestry on the 3rd week in December and their wages ; also the
amount of wages paid for the year.
Cartage Department.
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dustmen, 239 loads at 1s. 6d. | 17 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2s. each extra to 10 Drivers. | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 6 | ||||
| 11 Carmen, at 4s. a day (6 days). | 13 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2 Horsekeepers, 7 days, at 4s. a day | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1 Watchman, 7 days, at 3s. 6d. | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 1 Wheelwright, 6 days, at 6s. 6d. | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 1 Painter, 6 days, at 5s. | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 31 men per week | 39 | 12 | 0 |