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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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trade refuse
I have again to call the attention of the Vestry to the charge of
2s 6d a load for the removal of trade refuse This is not at all
sufficient, as the men receive 1s 9d a load, the cost of barging is
2s 3d, and the cost of carting is about 3s a load, making the total
cost 7s per load
street cleansing
The Vestry employ for this work 62 scavengers, 42 horses and
carts, 6 sweeping machines, 8 road scrapers, 12 orderly hand-carts
5 sanding machines, and 47 slop shoot carts, and 2 gulley carts
I beg again to call attention to the great inconvenience caused
by the omnibus companies using the public streets much as a stable
yard I have seen as many as eight pairs of horses at a time about
Jerdan Place, either just taken out of the omnibuses or waiting to be
attached
slopping
Table showing the number of loads removed:—
| Year | Loads | Horses, one day each | Average Loads per ???orse per day | Cost of Horses per day | Cost of Horse per load | Wages per load | Coat of Tip or barge per Load | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | d | S | d | S | d | |||||
| 1887-88 | 11,791 | 3,162 | 3729 | 6 and 4 | 0 | 1 and 1 | 7½ | 1 | 6 | From 1s 6d for tips, to 2s 9d for barging |
| 9 | 3¼ | |||||||||
| 1888-89 | 12,319 | 3418 | 3604 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1889-90 | 14,033 | 3,829 | 3923 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1s 7d |
| 1890-91 | 17,380 | 4,173 | 4159 | 4 and 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1s 7d |
| 9 | ||||||||||
| 1891-92 | 19,154 | 4,746 | 4035 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1s 7d |
| 1892-93 | 20,666 | 5,814 | 3554 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8½ | 1 | 6 | 2s 3d |
| 1 | 9 | |||||||||
Attending on Steam Roller :-Vestry's Horses, 1892, 271 whole days
,, ,, 1893, 215 ,, ,,
Table showing the number of complaints, &c, from March in each year:—
| 1889-90 | 1890-91 | 1891-92 | 1892-93 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requests for removal Complaints | 2073 | 4443 | 1752 | 527 |
| 54 | ||||
| 2073 | 4443 | 1752 | 581 |