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Holborn 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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[Form No. 5]
| Winter Refuse, 13th January, 1926. | Spring Refu.se, 14th April, 1926. | Summer Refuse, 14th July, 1926. | Average. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbs. | % | lbs. | % | lbs. | % | lbs. | % | ||
| (a) Fine Dust Content (under 5/16 in.) | 728 | 30.952 | 26 | 1.009 | 41 | 1.722 | 265 | 11.228 | |
| (b) Small Cinder „ (between 5/16in. and ¾ in.) | 252 | 10.714 | 17 | .659 | 22 | .924 | 97 | 4.099 | |
| (c) Large ,, ,, (over ¾ in.) | 124 | 5.272 | 13 | .504 | 19 | .798 | 52 | 2.191 | |
| (d) Vegetable and Putrescible Content | 62 | 2.636 | 1,820 | 70.597 | 1,929 | 81.051 | 1,270 | 51.428 | |
| (e) Paper Content | 450 | 19.133 | 252 | 9.775 | 215 | 9. 034 | 306 | 12.647 | |
| (f) Metal ,, | (1) Metal Containers | 8 | 0.340 | 16 | .621 | 108 | 4.538 | 44 | 1.833 |
| (2) Other Metals | nil | - | nil | - | nil | - | nil | - | |
| (G) Rag ,, including bagging and all textiles | nil | - | nil | - | nil | - | nil | - | |
| (h) Glass ,, | (1) Bottles and Jars | nil | - | nil | - | 14 | .588 | 5 | .196 |
| (2) Broken (Glass (Cullet) | nil | - | nil | - | nil | - | nil | - | |
| (I) Bones ,, | nil | - | 6 | .233 | nil | - | 2 | .078 | |
| (j) Combustible Debris not classified above : (wood, straw, leather, etc.) | 442 | 18.793 | 414 | 16.059 | nil | - | 285 | 11.617 | |
| (K) Incombustible Debris not classified above : (bricks, stone, pottery, etc.) | 286 | 12.160 | 14 | .543 | 32 | 1.345 | 4.683 | ||
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