London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Mile End 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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The cost of disposing of street refuse has been as follows:—
| 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Use of Shoot | 143 | 16 | 6 | Use of Shoot at Wick Lane | 47 | 8 | 10 | Use of Shoot at Wick Lane | 15 | 14 | 8 |
| Ditto, Marsh Gate Lane | 45 | 10 | 4 | G. E. Railway Compy. for carriage of sweepings | 160 | 13 | 8 | ||||
| G. E. Railway for carriage of sweeping | 127 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||
| £143 | 16 | 6 | £220 | 9 | 4 | £176 | 18 | 4 | |||
SCAVENGING.
| 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Horse hire for cleansing rds | 63 | 2 | 0 | Horse-hire for cleansing rds. | 59 | 6 | 6 | Horse-hire for c1eansing roads | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Wages of Drivers & fillers | 1221 | 3 | 8½ | ||||||||
| Wages of Drivers & fillers | 1085 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||
| Keep of horses =3931 working days for one horse | 1321 | 14 | 3 | Wages of Drivers & Fillers | 995 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Keep of horses =3758 working days | 1221 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keep of horses =3356 working days | 1087 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Horse hire for drawing materials | 94 | 6 | 6 | Horse hire for drawing materials | 74 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Horse-hire for drawing materials | 72 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||
| Wages of drivers | 158 | 4 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 200 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Keep of horses 791 working days | 271 | 19 | 3 | Keep of Vestry's horses 1002 working days | 325 | 13 | 0 | Wages of Drivers | 155 | 16 | 0 |
| Keep of Vestry horses=779 working days | 252 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||
| Scavenging of roads & rent of Riga Whf. | 1321 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scavenging roads & rent Riga Wharf | 1344 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||
| Scavenging roads & rent of Riga Whf. | 1399 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| £4451 | 17 | 8½ | £4311 | 2 | 7 | £3970 | 13 | 3 | |||