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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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SNOW
In certain parts of the Parish some of the roads become quite in a state of nuisance before the end of a hot day, as the Sunday traffic in some of the main thoroughfares in the Parish is very heavy
| Vestry's Horses | Hired Horses | Total | No of Loads | Price per Horse | Cost of Carting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Days | Half Days | Whole Days | Half-Days | ||||||||
| £ | s | d | |||||||||
| 1888 | 425 | 27 | 1842 | 18 | 2289½ | 13,734 | 10 | 0 | 1102 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1889 | 540 | 19 | 2991 | 26 | 3553½ | 21,321 | 8 | 6 | 1510 | 4 | 9 |
| 1890 | 246 | 20 | 2510 | 59 | 2795½ | 19,568 | 8 | 6 | 1188 | 1 | 9 |
| 1891 | 1718 | 3 | 957 | 2 | 2677½ | 18,753 | 8 | 6 | 1104 | 17 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1892 | 3041 | 18 | 452 | - | 3502 | 24,514 | 10 | 0 | 1751 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | 2005 | - | 987 | - | 2992 | 16,205 | 9 | 6 | 1420 | 14 | 0 |
The extra men were paid at the rate of 6d per hour
Section 29, Public Health (London) Act, 1891, requires local
authorities to remove snow from the footpaths This responsibility
formerly fell upon the occupiers of the adjoining property (see Sec 63,
Geo III, c 29)
The new Act does not work satisfactorily, as the Vestry cannot
at a moment's notice command the services of a staff of men
sufficient in number to immediately clean the footpaths as well as the
roadways
The staff of the Vestry has first to concentrate its
attention on the roadways in the main thoroughfares, and in the
meanwhile the footpaths throughout the district are liable to become
caked with snow, which often freezes and becomes almost impossible
to remove
Year
Extra Wages Paid
Loads of Snow
Removed
Total Cost
£
s
d
1888-89
73
0
4
2,572
-
1889-90
4
13
4
100
-
1890-91
126
14
4
2,287
787
10
0
1891-92
331
16
6
848
526
7
11
1892-93
184
8
3
185
294
1
8
CLEANSING GULLIES
Two gangs of 2 men each, with 2 carts, are continually employed
at this work, and the number emptied and water-sealed, averaging
between 700 and 900, is reported to the Committee every fortnight