Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
Table No. 3.
Maximum number of carts employed on any one day in 1917 | 36 |
Minimum number of carts employed on any one day in 1917 | 3 |
Average number of carts employed daily in 1917 | 18 |
Maximum number of men employed on any one day in 1917 | 76 |
Minimum number of men employed on any one day in 1917 | 6 |
Total number of complaints received in 1917 | 1526 |
Percentage of complaints to total number of houses | 648 |
Table No. 4.
Quantity collected in cubic yards in 1917 | 72,673 | |
Quantity collected in tons in 1917 | 23,569 | |
Total cost of collection as per contract in 1917 | £9,596 | |
Number of houses occupied at Midsummer, 1917 | 23,537 | |
Population at Midsummer, 1917 | 169,344 | |
Refuse collected per house in 1917 in cubic yards | 31 | |
Refuse collected per head in 1917 in cubic yads | 0.43 | |
Cost per cubic yard | 31.7d. | |
Cost per house | 8s. | l¾d. |
Cost per head | 13.6d. |
Table No. 5.
Total number of loads removed in 1917 | 9,630 | |
Average number of loads per day | 30.7 | |
Average cost per load | 19s. | 11¼d. |
Average load in cubic yards | 7.55 |