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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Cost op Street Cleansing.
The total cost of street cleansing for the year, including the Sunday work, was as follows :—
| Wages of men | £3,805 | 2 | 5 |
| Brooms, scrapers, shovels, etc., and clothing for men | 508 | 0 | 4 |
| Cartage of slop and street sweepings, removal of manure, etc., and hire of horses for streetsweeping machines | 3,525 | 0 | 0 |
| Removal of snow, additional labour, cartage, etc. | 795 | 13 | 0 |
| Water for flushing surfaces of courts, etc. | 2R0 | 4 | 0 |
| £8,893 | 19 | 9 |
Street Watering.
The watering of the public ways was performed by
contract, the contractor supplying all vans, horses, and
drivers required, at a fixed price for the whole work for
the year. A small hand water-cart was employed to water
those courts and alleys in the District not available for
vehicular traffic, or which were too narrow for the vans
drawn by horses to enter. The total quantity of water
used, including that used for washing the surfaces of the
asphalte and wood-paved roads, amounted to 6,268,000
gallons. During the summer months, permanganate of
potash was added to the contents of the watering carts,
one ounce being used to 400 gallons of water.
The main thoroughfares in the District were watered
twice on Sundays during the summer months, between the
hours of 7 a.m. and 1 p.m., and the market streets between
12 noon and 2.30 p.m., when the condition of the weather
ren dered it desirable. In the latter watering, disinfectants
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