Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster
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The cost of repairs to stand posts and swan necks, repacking,
&c., and providing and fixing the two stand posts
above-mentioned, and replacing existing broken stand
posts with new, has amounted to £67 1s. 6d.
ORDERLY BOYS.
There are twenty-three Orderly Boys and two Orderly
Men at work in the main thoroughfares, under the direction
of the Foreman. Bins for the reception of the horse
droppings are fixed in the streets at suitable places.
DUSTING AND SLOPPING.
The contract for dusting and slopping was carried out
by Messrs. William Mead & Co., of Paddingtgn, at a cost
of £5,750.
I am, Mr. Chairman, my Lords, and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
HENRY MONSON, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.,
Surveyor to the Vestry.