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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING.
In the Parish of Clapham the number of loads of dust
removed during the year was 6,361; the total cost of
collection and disposal has been £2,492 17s. or about
7s. l0d. per load. The following is the expenditure for
dusting during the year, viz.:—
£ s. d.
Cost of Collection 1,414 16 5
Cost of disposal, Newington Vestry and railway charges 1,026 14 3
Repairs and renewals of plant 57 18 4
2,499 9 0
Cr: Trade refuse (33 loads at 4s.) 6 12 0
£2,492 17 0
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Hoard and by hired carts; 10,658 one horse loads
have been carted from the roads and 1,926 loads from
gullies. The following is the cost for the year, viz.:—
£ s. d.
Sweepers' wages 1,932 0 0
Cartage 1,236 0 0
Shoots 637 0 0
Tools 144 0 0
£3,949 0 0
In the Parish of Putney the removal of house-refuse
has been carried out by Mr. J. Ball for the sum of £518
6s. 8d.
The scavenging is done by men employed by the Board
and by hired horses and carts, the Board providing a
shoot for the refuse.
In the Parish of Streatham, Mr. George Neal has
und rtaken to collect the dust from every house once in
every fortnight and to remove it to a shoot outside the