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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
Wandsworth 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| New Buildings. The details of the notices for the erection of new buildings are as follows : — | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of notices received. | No. of houses. | Additions to houses, etc. | Stabling, Warehouses, Shops, and other buildings. | No. of Churches, Chapels, Schools & additions to same. | Total No. of Buildings. | |
| 102 | 156 | 24 | ||||
| Disinfecting Station. The cost of working and maintaining the disinfecting station during the past year was as follows, viz.: — | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 636 | 18 | ||||
| Coal and coke | 10 | |||||
| Other materials | 10 | |||||
| Horse hire | 70 | 6 | ||||
| Horse keep | 16 | 5 | ||||
| New van | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Insurance | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Depreciation: buildings, £504 | ||||||
| at 5 per cent, per annum | 25 | 0 | ||||
| D. apparatus, £561 at | ||||||
| 10 per cent, per annum | 56 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 81 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | ||||||
The total weight of goods disinfected during the year was
87 tons 15 cwt., the cost per ton being £10:13 : 5.