London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hackney 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1898
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I believe it would be a more economical as well as a more satisfactory system of payment.
| MONTH. | Northern Division | Southern Division | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loads. | Cost. | Loads. | Cost. | Loads. | Cost. | |||||||
| 1898 | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| January | 2061 | 532 | 8 | 6 | 2496 | 634 | 8 | 0 | 4557 | 1166 | 16 | 6 |
| February | 2106 | 544 | 1 | 0 | 2566 | 652 | 3 | 10 | 4672 | 1196 | 4 | 10 |
| March | 1873 | 483 | 17 | 2 | 2242 | 569 | 16 | 10 | 4115 | 1053 | 14 | 0 |
| April | 2010 | 519 | 5 | 0 | 2372 | 602 | 17 | 8 | 4382 | 1122 | 2 | 8 |
| May | 2089 | 539 | 13 | 2 | 2540 | 645 | 11 | 8 | 4629 | 1185 | 4 | 10 |
| June | 2101 | 542 | 15 | 2 | 2470 | 627 | 15 | 10 | 4571 | 1170 | 11 | 0 |
| July | 1946 | 502 | 14 | 4 | 2300 | 584 | 11 | 8 | 4246 | 1087 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 1959 | 506 | 1 | 6 | 2444 | 621 | 3 | 8 | 4403 | 1127 | 5 | 2 |
| September | 1784 | 460 | 17 | 4 | 2366 | 601 | 7 | 2 | 4150 | 1062 | 4 | 6 |
| October | 1874 | 484 | 2 | 4 | 2440 | 620 | 3 | 4 | 4314 | 1104 | 5 | 8 |
| November | 2134 | 548 | 14 | 0 | 2606 | 662 | 7 | 2 | 4730 | 1211 | 1 | 2 |
| December | 2054 | 530 | 12 | 4 | 2460 | 625 | 5 | 0 | 4514 | 1155 | 17 | 4 |
| Totals | 23981 | £6195 | 1 | 10 | 29302 | £7447 | 11 | 10 | 53283 | 13642 | 13 | 8 |
| Fines | 1 | 10 | 0 | To Fines. | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| £6193 | 11 | 10 | £1364 | 1 3 | 8 | |||||||
Dustmen's Wages £2,369 12 8
Sanitary Labour £1,082 6 9
Prices per load N. 5s. 2d. S. 5s. 1d.