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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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SCAVENGING.
1856
1887.
1688.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Horse hire for
cleansing rds
98
3
6
Horse-hire for
cleansing rds.
30
19
6
Horse-hire for
cleansing
roads
31
0
0
Wages of Drivers
& fillers
965
10
11
Wages of Drivers
& fillers
985
0
5
Wages of Drivers
& Fillers
985
0
3
Keep of horses
= 3260 work-
ing days
998
12
1
Keep of horses
=3181 working
days
1020
11
5
Keep of horses
=3326 working
days
970
1
8
Horse hire for
drawing materials
(441
horses & men ,
233
10
6
Horse hire for
drawing ma
terials, 400
hors's&men
210
0
0
Horse-hire for
drawing materials
(382
horses & men
200
11
0
Wages of drivers
309
15
7
Wages of drivers
277
7
2
Keep of vestry's
horses 1065
working days
326
4
7
Keep of Vestry's
horses
992 working
days
318
5
4
Wages of Drivers
265
6
0
Keep of vestry's
horses =1382
working days
403
1
8
Scavenging of
roads & rent
of Eiga Whf.
j 1595
13
9
Wages of Seavengers
1604
19
6
Wages of Sea
vengers
1430
7
8
Rent of Riga Wf.
124
0
0
Rent of Riga Wf
124
0
0
£4527
10
11
£4571
3
4
£4409
8
3
It will be seen that the wages for scavengers was £174 less than
during the preceding year, and this is accounted for by the fact that
during the last winter there was no heavy fall of snow which occasioned
extra -expenditure.
HORSE-KEEPING.
The cost of keeping the Vestry's horses for the year was ^"2.964
16s. id., made up as follows:—
Rent of Stables £132 0 0
Wages 273 6 11
Superintendent's salary 200 0 0
Corn 498 3 9
Hay, Straw and Clover 988 11 10
Green-meat 49 10 6
Shoeing and Veterinary attendance 109 4 6
Repairs to Harness 90 4 8
Depreciation on Stock 390 15 0
Kates, I axes, Coals, Gas, Water, &c. 121 13 7
Stock on hand 1887, Corn, &c.123 8 3
2976 19 0
Less amounts received for dead horses, &c. 12 211
£2964 16 1
REMOVAL OF DUST.
The quantity of refuse collected from houses by your carts and men during the year was 18,902 loads, being 1,511 loads more than were collected in 1886-7. and 3,916 more than in the year 1885-6.
| 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Wages of Dust-men | 695 | 4 | 5 | Wages of Dust-) men | 804 | 0 | 11 | Wages of Dustmen | 872 | 16 | 10 |
| Keep of horses=3430 working days | 105( | ) 13 | 7 | Keep of horses, =3631 working days | 1104 | 18 | 11 | Keep of horses=4268 work- ing days | 1244 | 16 | 8 |
| Horse-hire for dusting | 15 | 15 | 0 | Horse hire for Dusting | 21 | 14 | 0 | Horse-hire for Dusting | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| £1761 | 13 | 0 | £1990 | 13 | 10 | £2128 | 17 | 6 | |||
DISPOSAL OF STREET REFUSE.
| 1886 | 1887. | 1888. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Carpenters Co. Shoot at Stratford | 69 | 0 | 0 | Carpenters Co.] Shoot at Stratford | 66 | 0 | 0 | Carpenters Co. Shoot at Stratford | 46 | 2 | 0 |
| £69 | 0 | 0 | £66 | 0 | 0 | £46 | 2 | 0 | |||