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Willesden 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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an increase in the cost per unit of refuse removed ; and, indeed,
during the last five years this has been literally the case.
This means either that the cost to the contractors of refuse
removal has increased proportionately, or that with increase in
the amount of the contract there has been a considerable increase
of profit on each house from which the refuse was collected.
It will be seen from Table No. 37 that there has, probably,
been some slight increase in the cost of removal from each house,
since until 1904 there had been a steady increase in the amount
of refuse collected per house and per person.
Table No. 37.
| Year. | Amount of Refuse Collected per house per annum. | Amount of Refuse per head of population. |
|---|---|---|
| Cubic Yards. | Cubic Yards. | |
| 1896 | 3.9 | .56 |
| 1897 | 4.1 | .59 |
| 1898 | 4.2 | .61 |
| 1899 | 45 | .64 |
| 1900 | 4.7 | .68 |
| 1901 | 4.7 | .72 |
| 1902 | 4.7 | .74 |
| 1903 | 4.9 | .77 |
| 1904 | 4.1 | .74 |
| Mean | 4.4 | — |
It is not easy to understand why there should be this increase
in quantity per head and per house. The increase in quantity
per house has not kept pace with the increased quantity per head,
for while per house the increase in the eight years ending 1903
amounts to 25.6 per cent. that per head has gone up by 37.5
per cent.