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Fulham 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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GULLIES.
The work of cleansing these have been carried out in a proper
and disinfectants used when re-sealing is done. There is a fortnig
detailed report presented to the Works Committee and Vestry ; the t.
shows the Summary of these.

Table: Table showing the number of complaints, etc., from March in each year:—

Table showing the number of complaints, etc., from March in each year:—

1893-94.1894-95.1895-96.
Requests for removal539840642
Complaints363412
575880654

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Disinfectants are plentifully sprinkled about gullies and
ventilators to the sewers during the summer months, and are also added
the water with which the gullies are filled in the proportion of 1 in 2,000.

Table: The wood-paved carriageways have had the usual and proper attention, as also the macadamized and (lint roads in the matter of cleansing. A proposal is now before the Cartage Committee to have regular all-night scavenging so as to relieve the day work, and carry out the work with greater expedition and regularity, and there is but little doubt this is a scheme which will be an advantageous one.

The wood-paved carriageways have had the usual and proper attention, as also the macadamized and (lint roads in the matter of cleansing. A proposal is now before the Cartage Committee to have regular all-night scavenging so as to relieve the day work, and carry out the work with greater expedition and regularity, and there is but little doubt this is a scheme which will be an advantageous one.

Vestry's HorsesHired HorsesTotalNo. of LoadsValue per Horse. Cart and Man per DayCost of Carting
Whole DaysHalf-DaysWhole DaysHalt Days
s.d.£s.d.
1887-88425271842182289½1373400110200
86
1888-89540192991263553½2132186151049
1889-90246202510592795½1956886118819
1890-911718395722677½18753861104176
96
1891-92304118452-350224514100175100
1892-932005—987-299216205961420140
1893-942133—541312674½14941100133750
1894-951857—963—282016186IO01385186
96
1895-961334-186933201½185351001530145
93

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The price paid for a horse, cart and man, during the year, has been
9s. 3d. a day, but the work done by our own horses is priced out
worth 10s. a day.
TREES.
The whole of the trees in the streets have been pruned this season ???
the Vestry's own workmen, and with satisfactory results. This is a wo???
every year of a certain magnitude and necessity, for the new wood made???
the trees (which are nearly all plane trees) is surprisingly great, and in road
of the widths in which they are planted the obstruction to traffic and light
and air compels annual and drastic pruning. In Wandsworth Bridge Road
several young trees were destroyed by a run-away horse and van, but these
and others which have died, have been re-placed.
Schedule VII. is a detailed list of the trees in the Parish streets.