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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 Place2
Bloomsbury Square2
Bloomsbury Street1
Charlotte Street2
Hart Street2
High. Holborn4
High Street1
Hunter Street3
Little Queen Street1
Montague Street3
Museum Street1
New Oxford Street3
Russell Square (east side)3
Southampton Row2
Total30

Cost of Street Cleansing.

The total cost of street cleansing for the year 1890-91 was as follows:—

£s.d.
Wages of men and boys2,410611
Brooms, scrapers, shovels, &c., and clothing for men and boys43490
Cartage of slop and street sweepings, and hire of horses for street-sweeping machines3,105168
Removal of snow, additional labour, cartage, &c1,467183
Total£7,418117

Street Watering.
The street watering was performed by contract, the
contractor supplying all carts, horses and drivers required,