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St Giles (Camberwell) 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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£ s. d.
Gross total expenditure under all
heads 14,385 8 10
Deduct cost of cartage of
materials, road rolling, and
other expenses, other than
slopping and watering 2,501 16 3
Nett cost of watering & slopping £11,883 12 7
Being about £141 per mile.
The quantity of Slop collected was:—
Loads.
Road Slop 25,950
Gulley Slop 2,706
Total 28,661
In 1882-3 the quantity was 30,181
DISPOSAL OF SLOP & ROAD REFUSE.
The arrangement referred to in last year's
Report has been successfully and satisfactorily
carried out under the contracts, first with Mr.
Bruon of Nine Elms, until June last, and since then
with Mr. T. Nichols of Charlton, Kent. The total
The following is an account of the cost of the supply:—
| Source of Water Supply for Road Watering. | Length of Road watered. | Price per Mile. | Cost. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company | 27 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lambeth Water Company | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 55 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Kent Water Company | 40 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 29 Wells sunk in the lower districts of the Parish by the Vestry, and also from the Grand Surrey Canal | 35½ | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 79 | £1,763 | 7 | 10 | |||||||
| Southwark & Vauxhall Co's supply | Kent Co's supply. | Lambeth Water Co's supply. | ||||||||
| No. | No. | No. | ||||||||
| Hydrants and Waterposts, the property of Vestry | 37 | 4 | .. | |||||||
| The same—being the property of the Lambeth Water Company. Rental paid for same £1 10s. per annum each | .. | .. | 22 | |||||||
| Total number of Hydrants and Waterposts, 63. | ||||||||||