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Willesden 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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B.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
DISTRICT.
Scavenging.—In the following Tables, Nos. 3-7, are
given the chief data relating to House Refuse removal.
DATA RELATING TO REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
| Year. | Maximum No. of carts employed. | Minimum No. of carts employed. | Average No. of carts employed. | Maximum No. of men employed | Minimum No. of men employed. | Total No of complaints. | Percentage of complaints to total No. of houses. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| 20 | 24 | 58 | 189 | 1.09 | |||
| 1902-3 | 38 | 24 | 69 | 38 | 167 | 0.91 | |
| 22 | 25 | 70 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 27 | 70 | 43 | 104 | 0.51 | ||
| 29 | 18 | 58 | 36 | 198 | 0.95 | ||
| 27 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 220 | 1.04 | ||
| 22 | 18 | 105 | 0.48 | ||||
| 26 | 18 | 21 | 45 | 36 | |||
| 23 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 30 | 111 | ||
| 28 | 17 | 20 | 50 | 34 | 0.55 | ||
| 29 | 21 | 50 | 204 | 0.90 | |||
| 28 | 18 | 20 | 51 | 36 | 0.43 | ||
| 27 | 13 | 178 | 0.77 | ||||
| 18 | 255 | ||||||
| 6 | 78 | 1611 |