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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 (Camberwell) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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The working cost of the "Slopping and Watering
Department" includes not only the wages of
the Drivers, Horse Keepers, &c., but also the
purchase of new vans, watering and slop carts,
and other necessary additions to the plant, and
the repairs of the same, also all wheelwright's work,
painting, &c., and the cost of water for Road
Watering purposes, repairs to pumps, hydrants, &c.
It also includes the cost of the haulage of road
materials on to the roads, which work is performed
by the Vestry plant, and this latter work therefore
ia a reduction upon the total cost charged to the
Slopping and Watering department.
Cost of
Slopping,
Watering
&c.
The consumption per horse, per week, was as follows:—
| Clover, Mixture, and Hay | 2½ Trusses. |
| Straw inclusive of bedding | 1¾ Trusses. |
| Oats | 3 Bushels. |
| Beans | ½ Bushel. |
| Bran | 1/8 Bushel. |
equal to £134 per mile.
DISPOSAL OF ROAD SWEEPINGS.
The subject of the disposal of the road
sweepings continues to be a source of anxiety and