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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
Holborn 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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[Form No. 5]
| (b) Small Cinder „ (between 5/16 in. and ¾ in.) | 4,187 | 18.694 | 4,382 | 19.563 | 2,383 | 10.640 | 3,651 | 16.299 | |
| (c) Large „ ,, (over 5/4 in.) | 3,468 | 15.480 | 4,175 | 18.638 | 1,826 | 8.154 | 3,156 | 14.091 | |
| (d) Vegetable and Putrescible Content | 16 | .072 | 48 | .214 | 356 | 1.589 | 140 | .625 | |
| (E) Paper Content | 5,585 | 24.934 | 5,267 | 23.513 | 12,504 | 55.822 | 7,786 | 34.756 | |
| (f) Metal ,, | (1) Metal Containers | 567 | 2.531 | 483 | 2.156 | 520 | 2.320 | 523 | 2.336 |
| (2) Other Metals | 8 | .036 | 10 | .045 | 160 | .715 | 59 | .265 | |
| (G) Rag ,, including bagging and all textiles | 117 | .522 | 203 | .906 | 327 | 1.459 | 216 | .962 | |
| (h) Glass ,, | (1) Bottles and Jars | 234 | 1.040 | 321 | 1.433 | 304 | 1.357 | 286 | 1.277 |
| (2) Broken Glass (Cullet) | 231 | 1.031 | 62 | .277 | 147 | .656 | 147 | .655 | |
| (I) Bones ,, | 60 | .268 | 65 | .290 | 182 | .813 | 102 | .457 | |
| (J) Combustible Debris not classified above: (wood, straw, leather, etc.) | 29 | .130 | 6 | .027 | 8 | .034 | 14 | .64 | |
| (k) Incombustible Debris not classified above : (bricks, stone, pottery, etc.) | 573 | 2.560 | 400 | 1.786 | 627 | 2.799 | 533 | 2.381 | |
| 22,400 | 100.000 | 22,400 | 100.000 | 22,400 | 100.000 | 22,400 | 100.000 | ||
On each of the three days when the samples of house refuse were obtained
sample of trade refuse was also obtained, about one ton on each occasion.