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Bethnal Green 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Information obtained from the Surveyors of various Vestries and District Boards, as to the mode of disposing of House R fuse in their District (continued).
Name of Authority.
Area.
Acres.
Population.
Ratable
Value.
How do you dispose of House
Refuse?
How many tons or
loads of refuse do you
collect per day on an
average?
Cost per ton or 1oad for
collection (exclusive of
interest on capital outlay
for vans, building,
&c.)
Price paid per ton or
load if barged away.
Is the Destructor in a
populous district ?
Area of site occupied
by Destructor.
How many cells ?
Quantity of refuse destroyed
per cell per day
in tons.
Quantity of clinker produced
per ton of refuse
destroyed.
Are fumes and
smoke from cells
passed through
Cremator ?
Is result satisfactory
?
Is waste heat utilised, and
if so, for what purpose ?
Maker of Destructor.
Do you consider the
work done by it
satisfactory ?
Cost of works, exclusive
of site.
Cost of destroying
refuse per ton (exclusive
of interest
and sinking fund on
cost of works),
Cost of cremating
fumes, &c., per ton
of refuse destroyed.
No. of men employed
per day.
No. of men employed
by night.
Have complaints ever been
made as to smell from
chimney or otherwise ?
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St. Margaret and
St. John, Westminster
815
55,525
£766,006
Br barging
100 yards
4s. 7d. per load of 3
cu. yards
2s. 11d. per load of 3
cu. yards
St. Martin in the
Fields
297
18,158
£517,297
By barging down the river
26 loads of 2½ cube
yds. each
About 2s. 8d. 1
3s. 3d. per load
Have no Destructor.
St. Marylebone
1,506
142,381
£1,517,476
By lump sum Contract,which
provides for its collection and
removal.
St. Pancras
2,672
235,000
£1,596,1)0
The work is all executed by
Contract.
Shoreditch
648
121,000
£644,24
By barge, also rail
The western division
of the parish done by
Unknown at present.,
Have none.
St. Saviour's,
Southwark
203
29,000
£346,521
By Contract.
about 30 tons, by
selves
Strand
...
...
...
By barging from Board's
wharf by Contract
...
...
...
No Destructor in use.
Wandsworth..
2,478
47,000
£280,1$)
By Contract, to be taken out
of the parish
Average 24 loads per
day, about 1 ton, 6
cwt. each
We have no Destructor.
Wandsworth
Clapham Parish)
1,233
4-1,000
£270,®i
By L. C. & Dover Rly. to
Aleopham, Kent; to depot of
Newington Vestry
20 loads
4s. 6d. per loa of 1½
tons
2s. 7½d. per ton for
disposal by railway
No Destructor.
Wandsworth
(Putney Parish)
2,176
17,771
£160,013
Deposit it on low swampy
ground in parish
12 tons
Contract for weekly
removal in lump sum
at £514 per annl
Whitechapel
420
74,462
£403,2t:
By burning and to brick-
makers
50 loads house refuse
and market refuse,
and sortings from the
street sweeping in
addition
Yes
8,000 super, ft
8
50) loads of all descriptions
of refuse
25 to 30 per cent.
No
Yes
No
Manlove, Alliott & Co.
Yes
£9,000
...
...
2 firemen,
1 barrow man,
and 2 changes.,
1 barrow man,
and 2 changes.
Woolwich
1,200
40,848
£222,96
By barges
30 loads
8 horses & carte
at 9s. per day.
£3
12
1s. per cube yard
We are now erecting a 6 cell Destructor, Fryer's patent. Manlove & Co., Makers & Contractors.
4 Fillers at 4s
0
16
Per day.
£4
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