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St Mary (Battersea) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]
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Eckstein Road, Severus Road, Lavender Gardens, Mossbury
Road, Beechmore Road, Warriner Gardens (Alexandra Avenue
to Beechmore Road), Prince of Wales' Road, Forfar Road,
Burland Road, Broomwood Road (Montholme Road to Lane),
Estcourt Road, and Thurleigh Road (Bolingbroke Grove to
Rusham Road.)
DUSTING.
During
For the 12 months under report, the whole of the
of collecting and disposing of the dust and house work
refuse of the Parish has been executed by the staff directly
employed by the Vestry, and the following are the particulars
in connection therewith:-
WORKING ACCOUNT.
| Destructors. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destructors | Paid for Wages to Manager | 99 | 2 | 2 | |||
| „ „ Stokers | 894 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| „ ,, Feeders | 4J3 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, Labourers | 647 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| ,, ,, New Tools | |||||||
| and Repairs to Tools | 79 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| ,, New fire bars | 60 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| ,, Repairs to Furnaces, | |||||||
| Buildings, &c. | 69 | 13 | 7 | ||||
| ,, Wages in repairs to ditto | 75 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| ,, Sundries, Coals, Oil,&c. | 34 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| ,, Oatmeal for Stokers | 17 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, Gas (| charge) | 6 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| ,, Fire Insurance(½ charge | :) 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| ,, Half Rates and Taxes | 7i | 10 | 1 | ||||
| ,, Water Supply (½ charge | ) 7 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| ,, Horse Hire | 72 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Cost of Establishment | 2.552 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| Carried forwarc | 1 | £2,552 | 8 | 6 | |||