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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
Orpington 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Pig food is collected from the communal street bins on alternate
days, and from food shops and canteens, etc., daily, and is
delivered to a pig keeper at the end of each day's collection.
During the year 1,025 tons of salvage of all kinds were sold
for £5,676, as compared with 920 tons for £4,899 in 1947.
Full details regarding the salvage sales for 1948 are as follows :
| T. | C. | Q. | lbs. | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 414 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2,347 |
| Scrap Iron | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bottles | 21 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 290 |
| Rags | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 843 |
| Cullet | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bones | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Non-Ferrous Metal | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| String | — | 15 | 3 | 16 | 8 |
| Kitchen Waste | 545 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1,644 |
| 1,025 | 0 | 2 | 9 | £5,676 |
The monthly figures for waste paper and kitchen waste, which are the principal items, are as follows :
| Waste Paper | Kitchen Waste | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | T. | C. | Q. | T. | C. | Q. |
| January | 28 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 13 | — |
| February | 25 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 9 | — |
| March | 36 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 1 |
| April | 43 | 12 | — | 48 | 5 | 1 |
| May | 42 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 19 | 3 |
| June | 32 | 16 | 2 | 42 | 17 | 1 |
| July | 34 | 2 | — | 37 | 8 | 2 |
| August | 30 | 4 | — | 39 | 14 | — |
| September | 36 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 10 | — |
| October | 39 | 15 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 3 |
| November | 35 | 15 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| December | 28 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 19 | 2 |
| 414 | 12 | — | 545 | 1 | 3 | |
REVENUE SINCE 1940:
| 1940 | £1,185 | 1945 | £4,424 |
| 1941 | 2,536 | 1946 | 4,704 |
| 1942 | 6,001 | 1947 | 4.899 |
| 1943 | 6,027 | 1948 | 5,676 |
| 1944 | 4,884 |