London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
This page requires JavaScript
ROAD MATERIAL.
| Year ending March,, 1878. | Year ending March, 1879. | Year ending March, 1880. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards. | £ | s. | d. | Yards. | £ | S. | d. | Yards. | £ | S. | d |
| 1468 Hertford | 426 | 0 | 0 | 140 Kentish | 50 | 15 | 0 | 3901 Kentish | 145 | 8 | 0 |
| shire Bal | Rag Stone | Rag Stone | |||||||||
| last | 2375 Hertford | 712 | 10 | 0 | 1101 Ballast & | 341 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 465 Gravel | 53 | 14 | 10 | shire Bal | Hoggin | ||||||
| Tons. | last | Tons. | |||||||||
| 3365 Granite | 2145 | 3 | 9 | Tons. | 2367 Granite | 1541 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 2566 Granite | 1710 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||
| £2624 | 18 | 7 | £2173 | 18 | 4 | £2027 | 19 | 4 | |||
WATERING.
During the year the water carts have been employed 59 days at a cost
of £339 11s.10d. for horses and drivers, and £170 11s. 9d. for 3,541,000
gallons of water supplied by the East London Water Company.
REMOVAL OF DUST.
| 187 | 8. | 187 | 0. | 1880 | • | ||||||
| £ | a. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Removed by | 1880 | 0 | 0 | Removed by | Wages of Dust | ||||||
| Contract | Contract for | 600 | 0 | 0 | men | j 510 | 8 | 11 | |||
| first 6 mths. | 1 | Keep of horses | J | ||||||||
| Removed by | J | 2632 working | 888 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Men horses | 777 | 11 | |||||||||
| belonging to | |||||||||||
| Vestry | £ | 1398 | 14 | 11 | |||||||
| £1377 | 18 | 11 | By sale of Dust | 174 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| By sale of Dus | 187 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| £1880 | 0 | 0 | £1190 | 9 | 2 | £ | 1224 | 12 | 11 |
SCAVENGING ROADS.
| 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | |||||||||
| £ | B. | d. | £ | s. | d. | Horse hire for cleansing rds | 63 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Horse hire & labour for cleansing . | 1892 | 7 | 5 | Horse-hire & labour for cleansing roads for the six months ending Sept. 29th, 1878. ' | - 816 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Wages of Drivers & fillers | 1221 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| Do. for drawing materials | 523 | 14 | 7 | Keep of horses = 3931 working days for one horse | 1321 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Scavenging roads & rent of Stone yard & RigaWharf | > 1272 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keep ofliorses > & labour for cleansing roads for the six months ending Mar. 1 25th, 1879. | -1199 | 9 | 9 | Horse hire for drawing materials | 91 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Wages of driver | 158 | 4 | 0 | Keep of horses 791 working' days | 271 | 19 | 3 | ||||
| Drawing mat erials | 490 | 8 | 2 | Scavenging of : roads & rent of Riga Whf.! | 1321 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Scavenging | 1271 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||
| roads & rent of Riga Whf. | |||||||||||
| £3688 | 13 | 0 | £3777 | 19 | 64451 | 16 | 8 | ||||