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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) 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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REPORT
of the
Plant and Scavenging Sub=committee
of the
Public Health Committee.
SLOPPING, WATERING, DUSTING, &c.
This work continues to he carried out by the Vestry
Staff', the Plant necessary for carrying out the same has
averaged as follows:—
PLANT.
| No. | No. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Horses | 102 | Corn Van | 1 |
| Water Vans | 69 | Disinfecting Vans | 3 |
| Water Carts | 7 | Do. Trucks | 1 |
| Slop Vans | 20 | Dust Carts | 36 |
| Slop Carts | 40 | Do. Vans | 2 |
| Material Carts | 32 | Masons' Trucks | 8 |
| Horse Road Brooms | 6 | Gully Trucks | 4 |
| Steam Road Pollers | 3 |
FODDER.
The fodder consumed and the cost thereof per horse per week has averaged as below:—
| s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Oats | 2.82 bushels | = 6 | 7¾ |
| Beans | 023 | = 1 | 0¼ |
| Bran | 7.26 lbs. | = 0 | 4 |
| Clover, Mixture, and Hay | 1.73 trusses | = 4 | 8½ |
| Straw (including bedding) | 1.65 „ | = 1 | 7½ |
| Incidental Extras | 0 | 3½ | |
| 14 | 7½ |