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Mile End 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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The following tables will shew the cost of road materials, watering,
removal of dust, disposal of street refuse, and scavenging for the
past three years:—
ROAD MATERIAL.
Year ending March, 1880.
Year ending March, 1881
Year ending March, 1882.
Yards.
£
s.
d.
Yards.
f
s.
d.
Yards.
£
S.
d.
390½ Kentish
Rag Stone
145
8
0
1042£ Kentish
Hag Stone
363
11
8
208 Kentish
Rag Stone
72
16
0
1101 Ballast &
Hoggin
341
3
0
664 Ballast and
Hoggin
177
6
6
212 Kentish
Flints
54
15
4
Tons.
2367 Granite
1541
8
4
2305 Granite
1372
16
4
665 Ballast &
Hoggin
163
6
0
1933 Broken
Granite
1108
9
5
£2027
10
4
£1913
14
6
11399
6
9
WATERING THE HAMLET.
The cost of watering the roads has been as follows:—
1880.
1881.
1882.
f,
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Horses & drivers
339
11
10
Horses & drivers
623
15
0
Wages of drivers
268
12
0
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
Horse Hire
63
3
6
Keep of Vestry
Horses = 1267
working days
410
9
2
East London
Water Co. for
7,425,000 gls.
of water
316
4
9
£510
3
7
£2908
14
3
£
1058
9
5
REMOVAL OF DUST.
1880.
1881.
1882.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Wages of Dustmen
510
8
11
Wages of Dustmen
578
17
8
Wages of
Dustmen
674
18
6
Keep of horses
=2632 working
days
888
6
0
Keep of horses,
=2820 working
days
916
10
0
Keep of horses
=3639 work-
ing days
1178
17
8
£1398
14
11
Horse - hire for
Dusting
0
14
0
Horse-hire for
dusting
2
2
0
By sale of Dus1
174
2
0
£1490
1
8
By sale of Dust
110
13
0
£l 224
12
11
£1385
8
8
£1855
18
2