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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
Bethnal Green 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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APPENDIX L.
(A) SANITARY LABOUR ACCOUNT.
Disinfectors', Mortuary Keepers', and Pailmens' Wages, &c.
| 1904. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 84 | 5 | 10 |
| February | 5 | 2 | |
| March | 148 | 9* | |
| April | 128 | 11 | 10* |
| May | 120 | 19 | 5* |
| June | 165 | 19 | 4* |
| July | 63 | 6 | 7* |
| August | 29 | 18 | 3 |
| September | 28 | 18 | 6 |
| October | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 30 | 7 | 5 |
| December | 30 | 7 | 5 |
| Total | £952 | 0 | 6 |
* Months of Small-Pox Outbreak
(B) COMBINED DRAINAGE ACCOUNT. 1904.
| Weeks. | Ending. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | January 30th | 123 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | February 27th | 134 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | April 2nd | 170 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | April 30th | 121 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | May 28th | 191 | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | July 2nd | 115 | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | July 30th | 102 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | September 3rd | 199 | 17 | |
| 4 | October 1st | 153 | 15 | 9 |
| 4 | October 29th | 113 | 5 | 9 |
| December 3rd | 143 | 9 | 3 | |
| 4 | December 31st | 70 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | £1,640 | 8 | 7 |