Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The fifteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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Footways.
During the year 10,000 superficial feet of new 2£-
inch paving have been used in repairing the present
footways of the Hamlet.
Scavenging.
During the year the Great Eastern Railway Company
have received nearly all the sweepings from the roads,
and removed them by rail to counties where such material
is valuable as manure.
The cost of cartage has been . £1087 15 0
That of loading into carts . . 261 8 2
That of loading into the Com .
pany's trucks 108 14 0
The quantity removed from the roads during the
year has been 10,439 cubic yards.
Watering.
During the year, the water-carts have been employed
on 121 days, at a cost of £582 6s 3d for horses and
drivers, and of £415 17s Od for 10,250,000 gallons of
water supplied by the East London Water Works
Company.
The following Table will shew the cost of Horse Hire
and Labour during the past four years: —