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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
St Giles (Camden) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The bins now in the Distric number 30, and aresituated as follows:-
| Bedford Place | 2 |
| Bloomsbury Square | 2 |
| Bloomsbury Street | 1 |
| Charlotte Street | 2 |
| Hart Street | 2 |
| High. Holborn | 4 |
| High Street | 1 |
| Hunter Street | 3 |
| Little Queen Street | 1 |
| Montague Street | 3 |
| Museum Street | 1 |
| New Oxford Street | 3 |
| Russell Square (east side) | 3 |
| Southampton Row | 2 |
| Total | 30 |
Cost of Street Cleansing.
The total cost of street cleansing for the year 1890-91 was as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wages of men and boys | 2,410 | 6 | 11 |
| Brooms, scrapers, shovels, &c., and clothing for men and boys | 434 | 9 | 0 |
| Cartage of slop and street sweepings, and hire of horses for street-sweeping machines | 3,105 | 16 | 8 |
| Removal of snow, additional labour, cartage, &c | 1,467 | 18 | 3 |
| Total | £7,418 | 11 | 7 |
Street Watering.
The street watering was performed by contract, the
contractor supplying all carts, horses and drivers required,