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12s. 6d. This sum, added to that for the removal of house refuse,
gives a total cost of £13,569 3s. 1d. for the removal and disposal of
house refuse in the Borough of Hackney during the year 1903. At
the census of 1901 there were 30,419 inhabited houses in the
Borough. Dividing the above sum by the latter numbers we get
the sum of 8s. l1d. per inhabited house as the total cost for the
removal and disposal of house refuse for the year 1903.
Below is given a table, showing the number of requests for the removal
of house refuse received during each month of the last ten years.
It will be seen that the largest number of requests were received during
the months of April and May. This I account for in the fact that the
present contractors began the removal of house refuse in the month
of April, and did not get into a good system until some time after
commencing their contract. This phenomenon is always observed
at the change of contractors.