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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
Bethnal Green 1900
The Chief Inspector's annual report on the work of the sanitary department for the year ending December, 1900
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COMBINED DRAINS OR SEWER WORK.
The number of drain-layers and labourers employed by the
department has varied during the year. The following return
shows the total expenditure in both labour and material, the
premises drained, and the cost of each job. The total expenditure
for the year amounts to £1,504 17s. 2d. From this gross total
must, however, be deducted the sum of £2 105., recovered from
owners of property for removing stoppages from drains, for which
this Authority was not liable, and the sum of £102 9s. 7d. for
re-laying and repairing the branch and other parts of drainage
works, for which the owners were rightly liable. Deducting these
two sums, which together amount to £ 104 19s. 7d., it will be seen
that the total cost to the ratepayers has been £ 1,399 17s. 7d.
| Date of Commencement of Work. | Premises Drained. | Cost of Labour. | Cost of Material. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| Jan. 1 | Not. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 Hague Place: and 1, 2, 3. 4 & 5, Crossland Square | !5 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 |
| ,, 1 | ,, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11, Queen Caroline Gardens | 22 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
| ,, 20 | ,, 72 & 74, Ellesmere Road | 6 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 |
| „ 27 | ,,29 & 31, Winchester Street | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Feb. 5 | ,, 361 to 371, Cambridge Road | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| ,, 5 | ,, 7, 9, 11 & 13, Wadeson Street | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| ,, 19 | ,, 21, 23 & 25, Sale Street; and 19 & 21, Menotti Street | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 10 |
| ,, 21 | 8, 10, 12 & 14, Gawber Street .. | 17 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| Mar. 3 | ,, 3, 5 & 7, Austin Street | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| ,, 3 | ,, 161, Cambridge Road | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| April 1 | „ 385 & 387. do. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| ,, 8 | ,, 375 & 377. do. | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| ,, 21 | 178, 180, 182 & 184, Vallance Road | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| May 14 | 11, 13 & 15, Diss Street | 22 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| ,, 13 | ,, 197, 199, 201, 203, 205, & 207, Old Ford Road; and I, Seward- stone Road. | 42 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 6 |