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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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SLOPPING.
| Vestry's | Horses. | Hired | Horses. | Total. | No. of Loads. | Price per Horse. | Cost of Carting. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Days. | Half. Days. | Whole Days. | Half. Days. | ||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| 1888 | 425 | 27 | 1842 | 18 | 22891 | 13,734 | 10 | 0 | 1102 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1889 | 540 | 19 | 2991 | 26 | 3553½ | 21,321 | 8 | 6 | 1510 | 4 | 9 |
| 1890 | 246 | 20 | 2510 | 59 | 2795½ | 19,568 | 8 | 6 | 1188 | 1 | 9 |
| 1891 | 1718 | 3 | 957 | 2 | 2677½ | 18,753 | 8 | 6 | 1104 | 17 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1892 | 3041 | 18 | 452 | - | 3502 | 24,514 | 10 | 0 | 1751 | 0 | 0 |
The dates mentioned below, and the cost of removing it was as follows:—
| Date. | Extra men employed. | Amount paid. | Vestry's men. | Amount paid. | Loads remov'd | Cost of Cartage, Scrapers, &c. | Total Cost. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Feb. 18th | 449 | 96 | 6 | 3 | 135 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 328 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 169 | 19 | 0 |
| „ 26th | 338 | 74 | 10 | 9 | 90 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 290 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 125 | 1 | 1 |
| Mar. 4th | 151 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 10 | 8 |
| „ 11th | 605 | 123 | 16 | 3 | 107 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 170 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 175 | 17 | 2 |
| Totals | 1543 | 331 | 16 | 6 | 377 | 95 | 15 | 5 | 848 | 98 | 16 | 0 | 526 | 7 | 11 |
COMPARISON OF COST.
Approximate
Area.
Cost
(Water only.)
Per 100
yds. super
(Water
only.)
No. of
Horses
One day
Watering
Cost of
Horses and
Wages.
Total Cost.
Total Cost
per 1000 yards
super.
£
s.
d.
S.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s
d.
1888-89
295,000
554
2
0
3
9
1296
550
16
0
1104
18
0
3
14
11
1889-90
314,000
530
14
4
3
4½
1482
629
17
0
1160
11
4
3
13
11
1890-91
324,000
495
10
7
3
0½
1386½
623
14
0
1119
4
7
3
9
1
1891-92
379,500
551
14
2
2
9 3/4
1559½
779
15
0
1330
9
2
3
6
1