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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The quantity of dust removed was:—
| Van loads. | Weight. Tons. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 10,922 | 12,282 | |
| B. | 12,688 | 20,137 | |
| C. | Putney 4,391 | 6,998 | |
| Wandsworth 10,134 (estimated) | 21,914 (estimated) | ||
| 14,525 | 28,912 | ||
| Totals | 38,135 | 61,331 | |
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 1,632 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Horse Hire | 731 | 4 | ||||
| Repairs and Sundries | 77 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2,441 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 76 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2,365 | ||||||
| Cost of Disposal:— | ||||||
| Wages | 162 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Shoots | 934 | 8 | ||||
| Railway Company | 628 | 5 | ||||
| Repairs and renewal of plant | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1,726 | ||||||
| £4,092 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Wages | 2,384 | 14 | 11 | |||
| Horse hire | 1,371 | 0 | ||||
| Repairs and sundries | 203 | 11 | ||||
| Depreciation on 32 vans, 10 per cent. on say £1,500 | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Instalment and Interest on Stable Loan | 241 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 4,350 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 19 | 0 | |||||
| 4,232 | 11 | 10 |