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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING DEPARTMENT.
Comparative Statement, 1892-96.
| Particulars of Staff, Plant, &c. | At 25th March, 1892. | At 25th March, 1893. | At 25th March, 1894. | At 25th March, 1895. | At 25th March, 1896. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Staff.— | |||||||||||||||
| "Superintendent | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | ... | ||||||||||
| Wharf Manager | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||||
| Clerk | 1 | 1 | 1 | l | 1 | ||||||||||
| ^Night Scavenging Foremen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dusting Inspector | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Watering ,, (six month, summer only) | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Storekeeper and Weigh Clerk . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Half year to 25th March, | One year to 25th March, | One year to 25th March, | One year to 25th March, | One year to 25th March, | |||||||||||
| 1892. | 1898. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | |||||||||||
| wages.— Actual Payments— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | 8. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Office Staff | 151 | 10 | 5 | 358 | 15 | 8 | 361 | 8 | 3 | 406 | 10 | 8 | 298 | 7 | 6 |
| Dusting | 372 | 17 | 7½ | 1,561 | 17 | 1 | 1,865 | 11 | 0 | 1,945 | 1 | 2 | 2,374 | 12 | 10 |
| Scavenging | 897 | 1 | 1½ | 4,092 | 19 | 1 | 5,440 | 8 | 7 | 1,029 | 16 | 6 | 4,463 | 10 | 1½ |
| Horsekeeper | 36 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 148 | 10 | 7 | 150 | 9 | 7 | 155 | 17 | 8 |
| Removal of Snow | 78 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 272 | 18 | 2½ | 441 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Street Watering | † | 227 | 19 | 5 | 279 | 8 | 5 | 156 | 10 | 4 | 304 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Wharf Staff ..................... | 350 | 0 | 0 | 883 | 17 | 4 | 989 | 9 | 9 | 1,101 | 12 | 4 | 958 | 17 | 0½ |
| Workmen's Holiday | 9 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Unemployed Labour | 898 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1,886 | 2 | 4 | 7,289 | 1 | 8 | 9,868 | 12 | 3½ | 8,645 | 8 | 8 | 8,566 | 8 | 10 | |
| Average amount paid for weekly wages | 67 | 7 | 6 | 140 | 3 | 6 | 180 | 8 | 4 | 166 | 5 | 2 | 164 | 14 | 10 |
| Quantity to 25th March, 1892. | Quantity to 25th March, 1898. | Quantity to 25th March, 1894. | Quantity to 25th March, 1895. | Quantity to 25th March, 1896. | |||||||||||
| Fodder purchased.— Hay trusses | 859 | 2,492 | 2,456 | 2,211 | 2,899 | ||||||||||
| Do bales | - | - | 78 | - | — | ||||||||||
| Straw trusses | 522 | 198 | 2,922 | 2,421 | 2,605 | ||||||||||
| Do bales | 148 | 584 | — | 37 | — | ||||||||||
| Peat „ | 12 | _ | - | — | — | ||||||||||
| Clover trusses | 545 | 1,581 | 2,048 | 1,097 | 1,132 | ||||||||||
| Mixture | 86 | 490 | - | 1,219 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Oats sacks | 898 | 1,044 | 1,800 | 1,200 | 1,804 | ||||||||||
| Beans ,, | 22 | 52 t) Ik | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Carrots tons | 2 | _ | - | — | 4 | ||||||||||
| Bran sacks | 186 | 854 | 448 | 280 | 240 | ||||||||||
| Linseed | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||
| Chaff tons | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||
| Greenmeat bundles | — | 1,452 | — | 100 | 2,469 | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Average cost per horse per week | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
* Department transferred to Surveyor's control on this date.
§ 1 for Eastern Division; 1 for Western Division.
† Note.— Carried out by General Purposes and Sanitary Committee,