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Hackney 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1897

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This proportion corresponds almost exactly with the proportion of weekly refusals. It is obvious that if the entry of the dustman is denied, these accumulations will exist, and exactly in proportion to the refusals.

MONTH.Northern DivisionSouthern DivisionTotals.
Loads.Cost.Loads.Cost.Loads.Cost.
1897£8.d.£s.d.£s.d.
January1817476193224457914040611056133
February20595409924086221444671162111
March181447636223657712840501053162
April191649419422825800241981074196
May20615328624666261564527115940
June1936500282346596664282109682
July1838474164221256244 !405(1103708
August1834473158233059242416410651910
September17954631422266575181040611039130
October180646611022785781910408410451010
November19695081322518639191014871148130
December192149652238660681043071102140
Totals22766£590418627972£71385050738£1304336

Dustmen's Wages £2 152 3 7
Sanitary Labour £974 14 6
trices per load—To March, 1897 N. 5s. 3d. S. 5s. 2d.
„ March to December, 1897 N, 5s, 2d. S. 5s. Id