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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 1899
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1899
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DUSTING ACCOUNT, 1899.
| MONTH. | Northern Division | Southern Division | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loads. | Cost. | Loads. | Cost. | Loads. | Cost. | |||||||
| 1899 | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| January | 2217 | 572 | 14 | 6 | 2636 | 669 | 19 | 8 | 4853 | 1242 | 14 | 2 |
| February | 2235 | 577 | 7 | 6 | 2726 | 692 | 17 | 2 | 4961 | 1270 | 4 | 0 |
| March | 2120 | 547 | 13 | 4 | 2520 | 640 | 10 | 0 | 4640 | 1188 | 3 | 4 |
| April | 2227 | 575 | 6 | 2 | 2542 | 646 | 1 | 10 | 4769 | 1221 | 8 | 0 |
| May | 2284 | 590 | 0 | 8 | a650 | 673 | 10 | 10 | 4931 | 1263 | 11 | 6 |
| June | 2276 | 587 | 19 | 4 | 2753 | 669 | 14 | 5 | 5029 | 1287 | 13 | 9 |
| July | 2216 | 580 | 4 | 4 | 2648 | 673 | 0 | 8 | 4894 | 1253 | 5 | 0 |
| August | 2194 | 566 | 15 | 8 | 2640 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 4834 | 1237 | 15 | 8 |
| September | 2043 | 527 | 15 | 6 | 2522 | 641 | 0 | 2 | 4565 | 1168 | 15 | 8 |
| October | 2177 | 562 | 7 | 10 | 2570 | 653 | 4 | 2 | 4747 | 1215 | 12 | 0 |
| November | 2323 | 600 | 2 | 2 | 2775 | 705 | 6 | 3 | 5098 | 1305 | 8 | 5 |
| December | 2148 | 534 | 18 | 0 | 2518 | 639 | 19 | 10 | 4666 | 1191 | 17 | 10 |
| Totals | 26490 | £6843 | 5 | 0 | 31500 | £8006 | 5 | 0 | 57990 | £14819 10 0 | ||
Dustmen's Wages £2,051 19 4
Sanitary Labour £746 19 5
Prices per load N. 5s. 2d. 8. 5s. 1d.