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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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BOROUGH BOUNDARY.
Representations were made to the Council by the
Overseers of the Urban District Council of Acton, as to
the desirability of erecting additional boundary stones
and restoring others where necessary on the boundary of
their parish with this borough, between Willesden
Junction and the Great Western Railway. The Works
Committee, after viewing the boundary with the
Overseers of Acton, agreed with them as to the positions
of new stones and for payment of half the cost incurred in
providing them.
Owing to the erection of houses in Valetta Road,
two of the stones on the boundary between Larden Road
and Warple Way were standing in the middle of the
gardens at the rear of the houses. It was agreed with
the Acton Overseers to move the stones so as to stand
against the fences of the gardens.
DUSTING.
The following statement gives a close approximate cost of the Department for the year:—
| Proportion of cost of dust horses engaged 307 days, including maintenance of harness and veterinary expenses, cost of dust baskets, tarpaulins, proportion of rates and taxes, tools, oils and colours, and of rental value of stables, wharves, weigh-bridge, &c. | s. | d. | |
| 2,748 | 14 | 9 | |
| Dust shoots and barging away | 4,081 | 8 | 0 |
| Dust shoots and barging away | 4,171 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | 7 |
During the year 25,477 loads, weighing 31,539 tons,
were shot into barges at the wharves. The average daily
number of horses engaged in collecting dust was 27.51, and
they were at work on 307 days. The daily average of loads
removed was 3.01 per horse per day.