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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
Fulham 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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WATERING ROADS.
| Vestry's Horses. | Hired Horses. | Total in Whole Days. | No. of days during the year | Cost per Horse per day. | Cost (exclusive of Water). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Days. | Half Days. | Whole Day 8. | Half Days. | ||||||||
| S. | d. | £ | s. | d | |||||||
| 1888 | 425 | 113 | 1004 | 17 | 1494 | 142 | 10 | 0 | 739 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1889 | 377 | 73 | 876 | 13 | 1296 | 91 | 8 | 6 | 550 | 16 | 0 |
| 1890 | 520 | 10 | 945 | 24 | 1482 | 110 | 8 | 6 | 629 | 17 | 0 |
| 1891 | 1020 | 1 | 363 | 6 | 1386 | 124 | say 9 | 0 | 623 | 14 | 0 |
In October the Vestry had a report prepared on the wages paid to all the
workmen in their employ, and a general, increase of wages was made as follows:—
Excavators and flushers raised from 4s. 6d. to 5s. a day; watchmen, 3s. 6d. to
3s. 8d.; scavengers, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d; carmen, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; and the hours
have been shortened
The total wages for the years are compared below:
The cost of water for flushing sewers is set forth below, and shows that five times more water was used for this purpose in 1890-91 than in 1888-89:—
| Name of Company. | No. of Hours. | Charge per Hour. | Cost. | Cost, 1889-90. | Cost, 1838-89. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Water | S. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| works Co. | 208 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| 474 | 6 | o | 142 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| West Middlesex Co. | 682 | 183 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| 599 | 6 | 0 | 170 | 14 | 4 | 66 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 9 | |
| Less 5 p.c. rebate. | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Less 7½ p.c. rebate. | 4 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||
| 617 | 175 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 1299 | £359 | 10 | 3 | £158 | 9 | 0 | £71 | 7 | 9 | ||
From the works department wages, the following amounts, received for
various works, may be deducted.
1887-8.
1888-9.
1889-90.
1890-91.
£
s.
d
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Private drainage works
449
13
5
614
16
9
939
4
3
1047
2
6
Gas and water trenches
409
4
3
295
7
8
296
7
6
374
11
0
Totals
858
17
8
910
4
5
1235
11
9
1421
13
6