London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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The above amount includes £462 2s. 11d., the
cost of removing 1,064 loads of snow, and cleansing
the streets between January 7th and February 15th.
Deducting the cost of ordinary street work the additional
expenditure caused by the snow storms amounted
to £328 0s. 2d. The maximum number of men including
carmen employed in one day was 505,—393 of whom were
casual men. The maximum number of horses, carts and
carmen hired in one day was 67.