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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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The steam roller worked for the Vestry 118 days, which would
have cost, if hired, £295. The Vestry received from adjoining
parishes and London and North Western Railway Company, the
sum of £260 11s. 8d. The cost for working, repairs, wages, and
fuel, was £343 0s. 9d.
The following Table will shew the cost of Horse hire, Scavenging, and Labour, since 1856.
| Year ending 1857. | Year ending 1864 | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 460 | 0 | 0 | Horse hire for scavenging.. | ...595 | 0 | 0 |
| Ditto drawing materials | 348 | 15 | Ditto for drawing materials | ...331 | 6 | 5 | |
| Labour on roads | 608 | 2 | 6¾ | Labour on roads and ren of stone yards............. | | 626 | 7 | 4 |
| £1316 | 18 | 3¾ | |||||
| £ 1552 13 | 9 | ||||||
| Year ending 1858. | |||||||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 485 | 0 | Year ending 1865. | ||||
| Ditto drawing materials | 420 | 10 | 10 | Horse hire for scavenging | 765 | 0 | 0 |
| Labor on road | 573 | 6 | 6¾ | Ditto for drawing materials | 312 | 12 | 2½ |
| Rent of stone yard | 25 | 0 | 0 | Labour on roads and rent of wharf | 649 | 14 | 4 |
| £1503 | 17 | 4¾ | |||||
| £1727 | 6 | 6½ | |||||
| Year ending 1859. | |||||||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 415 | 0 | 0 | Year ending 1866. | |||
| Ditto drawing materials | 440 | I | 11 | Horse hire for scavenging | 1010 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour on roads | 576 | 17 | 10 | Ditto for drawing material | 390 18 | 4½ | |
| Rent of stone yard | 25 | 0 | 0 | Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 892 | 6 | 4½ |
| £1456 | 19 | 9 | |||||
| £2293 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Year ending 1860. | |||||||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 406 | 0 | 0 | Year ending 1867. | |||
| Ditto drawing materials | 468 | 7 | 6 | Horse hire for scavenging | 1411 | 10 | 0 |
| Labour on roads and rent of stone yard | 486 | 15 | 7½ | Ditto for drawing materials | 614 | 15 | 5 |
| Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 1151 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| £1381 | 3 | 1½ | |||||
| £3177 | 15 | 5 | |||||
| Year ending 1861. | Year ending 1863. | ||||||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 445 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ditto drawing materials | 236 | 11 | 5½ | Horse lure tor scavenging | 1496 | 16 | 0 |
| Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 519 | 13 | 7½ | Ditto for drawing materials | 452 | 16 | 6 |
| Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 1097 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| £1201 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| £3047 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Year ending 1892 | Year ending 1869. | ||||||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 537 | 0 | 0 | Horse hire for scavenging | 1056 | 5 | 0 |
| Ditto drawing materials | 308 | 0 | 5 | Ditto for drawing material | 227 | 15 | 0 |
| Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 451 | 4 | 7½ | Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 1729 | 14 | 0 |
| £1296 | 5 | 0½ | £3013 14 | 0 | |||
| Year ending 1863. | Week ending 1870. | ||||||
| Horse hire for scavenging | 606 | 0 | 0 | Horse hire for scavenging | 1015 | 19 | 0 |
| Ditto for drawing materials | 410 | 2 | 10½ | Ditto for drawing materials | 371 | 4 | 0 |
| Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 560 | 9 | Labour on roads and rent of stone yards | 1600 | 17 | 11 | |
| £1576 | 8 | 7½ | £2983 | 0 | 11 | ||