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Walthamstow. I have made several chemical analyses of these
effluents, and find that they approach very closely in point of
pollution to that of raw sewage. Representations have been made
to the London County Council and Lea Conservancy Boards, to
provide some remedy for this state of things, as yet without avail.
DUSTING ACCOUNT.
During the year 48,012 loads of house refuse were removed
by the Contractors from inhabited dwellings and disposed of upon
their "shoots" (each of the above loads means 54 cubic feet), the
Contractors receiving for their removal the sum of £8,763 7s. 1d.
The cost of such removal varied, however, during the year, the
average cost per load being 3s. 2¾d. during the first quarter of the
year, but 3s. 9½d. per load during the remainder of the year, the
average for the whole year being 3s. 8d. per load. This difference
was due to a new contract entered into in April at a higher rate
per load.
But in addition to the above sum the Board expended
£1,308 12s. 6d. in wages for their dustmen. This sum added to
that paid to the Contractors brings the total to £10,971 19s. 7d.,
and the cost per load up to about 4s. 2¼d. At the last census—
April, 1891—the number of inhabited houses in the District of
Hackney was found to be 33,187. Without making any correction
for an increase, and taking these figures to represent the number
of inhabited houses in Hackney during last year, the average
amount of dust removed from each house during the year was 1.4
loads, or 75.6 cubic feet, or 1.44 cubic feet per week. At 4s. 2¼d.
per load it cost the Hackney Board of Works 5s. 10½d. to remove
the refuse from each inhabited house for the year, or barely 1¾d.
from each house per week.