Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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£ s. d. £ s. d.
Brought forward 3,533 0 4
Depreciation on 20 vans, etc., 10
per oent cn, say £1,000 100 0 0
Instalment and interest on stable
loan 277 0 0
Disposal— 3,910 0 4
Wages at destructor (including
manager, etc.) 953 10 2
Repairs, materials, etc 163 0 1
Coal, tools, insurance, etc 75 14 8
Oil, waste, boiler, fluid, etc. 96 19 5
Rates, taxes, and water. 119 10 6
Sinking fund and interest 669 12 9
Maintenance of electrio light, horse
hire, &c. 54 16 9
Less— 2,133 4 4
By sale of clinker
and flue dust £379 0 0
Trade rubbish, &c. 37 19 10
Lighting streets .. 66 6 0
483 5 10
1,649 18 6
Deduct— £5,559 18 10
Yalue of refuse sold 59 4 6
Total cost for the year in the two parishes £5,500 14 4
This amount has been apportioned between the
parishes as follows, viz.:—Streatham, £5,005 7s. 7d.;
Tooting, £495 6s. 9d., total, £5,500 14s. 4d.
The dust destructor is now completed and working
in a very satisfactory manner. Since the last annual
report, a low level platform and automatic feeding
apparatus have been added, so that the refuse is discharged
direct from the vans into the furnaces, thus doing away