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Fulham 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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SUNDAY WATERING.
On the 1st July, 1891, the Vestry ordered the main roads in the Parish to
be watered on the Sunday mornings, a practice which had been stopped by a
previous Vestry. There is also other work which I should be glad to
receive orders to continue on the Sundays, viz., the work of the Street
Orderlies, in the more important thoroughfares. The omnibus traffic in
this Parish is so heavy that the main thoroughfares become in a state of
nuisance before the end of the Sunday, especially in warm weather.
Table had each householder swept in front of his house immediately the snow fell, this unfortunate and very dangerous state of things could not have happened.
| Year. | Extra Wages Paid. | Loads of Snow Removed. | Total Cost. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888.89 | £73 | 3 | 4 | 1,572 | - |
| 1889.90 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 100 | - |
| 1890.91 | 126 | 14 | 4 | 2,287 | 787 10 0 |
| 1891.92 | 331 | 16 | 6 | 848 | 526 7 11 |
The price paid for a horse, cart, and man during the year has been 9s. 6d.
a day, but I have priced out the work done by our own horses as worth
10s. a day.
There are about 2,400 gullies in the Parish:—
| Vestry's Horses. | Hired Horses. | Total. | No. of Loads Removed. | Approximate cost of Carting. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Days. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1889 | 298 | - | -_ | 1192 | 126 | 13 | 0 |
| 1890 | 177 | 39 | 216 | 1080 | 91 | 16 | 0 |
| 1891 | 192 | 35 | 227 | 1135 | 102 | 3 | 0 |
| 1892 | 326 | - | 326 | 1630 | 163 | 0 | 0 |