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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
Mile End 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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ROAD MATERIAL.
| Year ending March, 1879. | Year ending March, 1880. | Year ending March, 1881. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards. | £ | s. | d. | Yards. | f | s. | d. | Yards. | f | s. | d.[ |
| 140 Kentish Rag Stone | 50 | 15 | 0 | 390 ½ Kentish Rag Stone | 145 | 8 | 0 | 1042½ Kentish Rag Stone | 363 | 11 | 8 |
| 2375 Hertfordshire Ballast | 712 | 10 | 0 | 1101 Ballast & Hoggin | 341 | 3 | 0 | 664 Ballast and Hoggin | 177 | 6 | 6 |
| Tons. 2367 Granite | 1541 | 8 | 4 | 2305. Granite | 1372 | 16 | 4 | ||||
| Tons. 2666 Granite | 1710 | 13 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | £2027 | 19 | 4 | £1913 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
WATERING. The cost of watering has been as follows:—
| 1879 | 1880. | 1881. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Horses & drivers | 728 | 19 | 9 | Horses & driver | s 339 | 11 | 10 | Horses & drivers | 623 | 15 | 0 |
| East London Water Co. for 6,861,000 gls. of water | 292 | 19 | 9 | East London' Water Co. for 3,541,000 gls. of water | 170 | 11 | 9 | East London Water Co. for 6,591,000 gls. of water | 284 | 19 | 3 |
| £1021 | 19 | 6 | £510 | 3 | 7 | £908 | 14 | 3 | |||
REMOVAL OF DUST.
| 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | 8. | d. | |||
| Removed by Contract for first 6 mths. | 600 | 0 | 0 | Wages of Dustmen | 510 | 8 | 11 | Wages of Dustmen | 578 | 17 | 8 |
| Keep of horses =2632 working days | 888 | 6 | 0 | Keep of horses, =2820 working days 6/6 | 91 | 6 10 | 0 | ||||
| Removed by men & horses belonging to Vestry | 777 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||
| 14 | 11 | Horse - hire for Dusting | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | 11 | £1496 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| By sale of Dust | 187 | 9 | 9 | By sale of Dust | 174 | 2 | 0 | By sale of Dust | 110 | 13 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 12 | 11 | £1385 | 8 | 8 | |||||