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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 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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THE
SURVEYOR'S ACCOUNTS
for the
Year ending 25th March, 1887.

Table: ROAD WATERING.

ROAD WATERING.

1885.1886.1887.
£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.
Wages of drivers23008Wages of driverb196174Wages of drivers254110
Horse Hire17390Horse hire18236Horse hire.193180
Keep of Vestry 1 Horses = 1097326164KeepofVestry's Horses = 93i3- '28682Keep of Vestry's Horses = 1198- 38472
working daysworking days.1working days
East London Water Co. for368123East London' Water Co. for376190East London Water Co. for387123
9,736,000 gls. of water9,800,000 gls of water10,116,000 gls. of water
£1098183£104280£1122085

Table: REMOVAL OF DUST.The quantity of refuse collected from houses by your carts and men during the year was 17,391 loads, being 2,405 more than were collected in 1885-6.

REMOVAL OF DUST.

The quantity of refuse collected from houses by your carts and men during the year was 17,391 loads, being 2,405 more than were collected in 1885-6.

1885.1886.1887.
£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
Wages of Dustmen645130Wages of Dust-men69545Wages of Dust-men804011
Keep of horses =3396 work- ing days1011146Keep of horses =3430 working days1050137Keep of horses, =3631 working-days11641811
Horse-hire for do.49120Horse-hire for dusting15150Horse hire for Dusting21140
£1706196£1761130£19901310

Table: The total cost of disposing of the Refuse was as follows :—

The total cost of disposing of the Refuse was as follows :—

Carriage and use of Shoot£10671911
Sifting and loading689170
Rent of Wharf9000
Rent of Arch1000
£1857l611