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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
Wandsworth 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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The additional cost is due to horse hire (10s. 6d. being paid for
horse and driver instead of 8s. 3d. as previously), the increased
distance from shoots, and the great expenditure for snow removal-
In the Parish of Putney, the collection of house refuse
during the past year has been carried out by the Board
with their own horses and vans and men in their employ.
Since the 25th May, 1894, the refuse has been shot into
barges and removed by Mr. H. Covington ; previously it
was deposited on a piece of low-lying land adjoining the
wharf, as in former years.
The total expenses incurred during the year in the collection and disposal of the refuse are as follows, viz.:-
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 411 | 4 | 10 |
| Cost of maintenance of horses, including depreciation | |||
| on first eost | 275 | 10 | 1½ |
| Depreciation on 5 dust vans (£'253 at 10 per cent.) | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| Hire of horses | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Baskets, ladders, and various tools, and repairs to same | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| Paid Mr. Covington for removing by barge | 222 | 3 | 4 |
| 953 | 8 | 4½ | |
| Cr. Cash received for removal of trade refuse | 9 | 17 | 0 |
| £943 | 6 |
The total number of van loads removed during the year
is 3,281 or 9,843 cubic yards, at a cost of about Is. lid.
per cubic yard ; of this quantity 5,127 cubic yards were
removed by barges.
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Board and principally by their own horses, carts,
and vans, the smaller share of the work being done by
hired horses and men. The following is the cost for the
year, viz.:—
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