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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following is a Statement shewing the Comparative Cost of Scavenging, Watering and Maintenance of Highways
before and since the roads were Tarsprayed.
| Year. | Total mileage of roads repairable by Council. | Tarspraying. | COST OF | (Total excluding Trenches Tarspraying.) | Loads of Sweepings removed. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scavenging (excluding Loan Charges for Shoots). | Watering. | Highways. | ||||||||||||
| Mileage. | Cost. | Maintenance (excluding Trenches and Tarspraying). | New Wood Paving. | Amount. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | Y. | M. | F. | Y. | |||||||||
| 1906-7 | 180 | 3 | 219 | — | 35.959 | 10,082 | 42,560 | 7.434 | 49.994 | 96,035 | 67,722 | |||
| 1907-8 | 181 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 127 | 156 | 31.338 | 7,213 | 42,367 | 367 | 45.434 | 83,985 | 56.423 |
| 1908-9 | 183 | 7 | 143 | 16 | 1 | 57 | 1,018 | 31,938 | 7,369 | 39.297 | 11,638 | 50,935 | 90,242 | 67,914 |
| 1909-10 | 186 | 3 | 108 | 37 | 3 | 50 | 2,386 | 30,549 | 6,544 | 24,408 | 11,218 | 35.626 | 72,719 | 55,810 |
| 1910-11 | 188 | 6 | 197 | 52 | 4 | 26 | 3,171 | 27,247 | 4,349 | 20,209 | 10,955 | 31,164 | 62,760 | 44,952 |
| 6,731 | ||||||||||||||
| Decrease between 1906-7 and 1910-11. | ||||||||||||||
| 1906-7 1910-11 | 35959 27.247 | 10,082 4,349 | 49,994 31,164 | 96,035 62,760 | 67,722 44.952 | |||||||||
| 8,712 | 5,733 | 18,830 | 33,275 | 22,770 | ||||||||||