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St Giles (Camberwell) 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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53
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
The number of Houses which have been drained
into the Public Sewers under the direction of the
Vestry during the past year is as follows, viz.:—
Houses permanently drained 2340
Do. temporarily drained 3
Total Number of Houses drained 2343
DUST REMOVAL
The work in this department is being continued
as last year, by the Vestry Plant and arrangement,
and with the same success.
The increasing number of Houses within the
Parish produces, of course, its corresponding increase
of Dust, thus—
Loads of
Dust
removed.
Loads
The Number of Loads reported last year was 13,014
lu the period comprised in this Report 15,114
The Cost is as follows:—
The past year's work comprised the removal of
15,114 loads of Dust, the cost of which has been, after