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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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ROAD REPAIRS.
The following table will shew the quantity of material used on the various roads.
| Year ending March, 1886 | Year ending March, 1887 | Year ending March, 1888. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards. | £ | s. | d | Yards. | f | s. | d. | Yards. | £ | s. | d. |
| 2480 Kentish | 640 | 13 | 4 | 1852 Kentish | 478 | 16 | 8 | 628 Kentish | 162 | 4 | 8 |
| Flints | Flints | Flints | |||||||||
| 1354 Gravel & Ballast | .307 | 10 | 4 | 858 Gravel & Ballast | 183 | 0 | 8 | 1074 Gravel & Hoggin | 265 | 8 | 8 |
| 22734 Broken Granite. | 1218 | 19 | 5 | 1505 Broken Granite | 777 | 11 | 8 | 1329 Broken Granite | 825 | 1 | 9 |
| £2197 | 3 | 1 | £1445 | 9 | 0 | £1252 | 15 | 1 | |||
This is equal to 2/3 per load for collection and carting.
DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
The quantity of Ashes sifted and put on rail was 5,293 tons, and at
the wharf 3,932 were loaded into barges and sent to shoot, while there
were loaded 1,380 tons into barges and sold for brick making purposes.
The total cost of disposing of the Refuse was as follows :—
Carriage and other disposal of refuse £g76 7 0
Sifting and loading 597 6 9
Rent of Wharf 90 0 0
Rent of Arch ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 0
£167313 9
Owing to the manner in which I have been enabled to dispose of a
large quantity of the Refuse this year, it has resulted in a saving of
£184.
The amount receivable for sifted material was £192 11S> 8d., and
for the removal of trade refuse £22 16s.
ROAD WATERING.
| 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Wages of drivers | 196 | 17 | 4 | Wages of drivers | 254 | 11 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 255 | 6 | 0 |
| Horse hire | 182 | 3 | 6 | Horse hire | 193 | 18 | 0 | Horse Hire | .259 | 3 | 6 |
| Keep of Vestry's Horses= 935 working days. | '286 | 8 | 2 | Keep of Vestry's Horses= 1198 working days. | 384 | 7 | 2 | Keep of Vestry's Horses= 1266 working days. | 369 | 5 | 0 |
| East London Water Co. for 9,800,000 gls " of water....... | 376 | 19 | 0 | East London Water Co. for | 10,116,000gls of water | 387 | 12 | 3 | East London Water Co. for 11,646,000 gls.of water | 445 | 11 | 6 |
| £1042 | 8 | 0 | £1220 | 8 | 5 | £1329 | 6 | 0 | |||