London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chingford 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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| OPERATIONAL STATISTICS | |
| 9. Mileage of street cleansed | 56 |
| 10. Frequency of cleansing: | |
| (a) At least once daily | -% |
| (b) Three to five times weekly | 5% |
| (c) Twice weekly | -% |
| (d) Once weekly | 95% |
| (e) Less than once weekly | -% |
| 11. Percentage of street cleansing done by mechanical means | Nil% |
| 12. Number of street gullies cleansed | 3269 |
| 13. Number of gully cloansings during year, (Number of gullies x number of cleansings) | 7742 |
| 14. Percentage of gully cleansing done by mechanical means | 100% |
| 15. Remarks: | |
| Item 1 (iv) Gully Cleansing is carried out by Contractors and the figure includes labour and transport. | |
| Item 11 Sweeping not by mechanical means, but is carried out by manual labour and three electric trucks are used for conveyance of sweepings. | |