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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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Table shewing the cost of Lighting the Hamlet since 1856.
| Year. | To March, 1857. | No. of Lamps. | Year. | To March, 1857. | No.of Lamps. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1857 | 2540 | 3 | 5 | 566 | 1870 | 3313 | 4 | 6 | 769 |
| 1858 | 2569 | 9 | 1 | 573 | 1871 | 3349 | 4 | 5 | 771 |
| 1859 | 2574 | 14 | 9 | 580 | 1872 | 3378 | 9 | 5 | 780 |
| 1860 | 2610 | 10 | 7 | 595 | 1873 | 3395 | 3 | 8 | 787 |
| 1861 | 2609 | 0 | 1 | 601 | 1874 | 3455 | 0 | 11 | 808 |
| 1862 | 2676 | 6 | 8 | 612 | 1875 | 3524 | 11 | 4 | 819 |
| 1863 | 2687 | 19 | 11 | 614 | 1876 | 3559 | 18 | 8 | 824 |
| 1864 | 2699 | 3 | 7 | 648 | 1877 | 3594 | 18 | 0 | 839 |
| 1865 | 2891 | 18 | 5 | 657 | 1878 | 3685 | 17 | 7 | 857 |
| 1866 | 2908 | 1 | 7 | 662 | 1879 | 3708 | 7 | 3 | 860 |
| 1867 | 2933 | 6 | 2 | 729 | 1880 | 3751 | 18 | 3 | 869 |
| 1868 | 3191 | 6 | 7 | 742 | 1881 | 3742 | 8 | 0 | 873 |
| 1869 | 3265 | 4 | 10 | 742 | 1882 | 3616 | 0 | 6 | 881 |
Table shewing the cost of Watering the Hamlet since 1856, and the quantity of Water used.
| Year. | Horse hire. | Water. | Year. | Horse hire. | Water. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1857 | 1870 | 481 | 6 | 8 | 308 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| 1858 | 1871 | 582 | 6 | 3 | 415 | 17 | 6 | ||||||
| 1859 | 1872 | 689 | 0 | 0 | 391 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| 1860 | 115 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 1873 | 493 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 15 | 0 |
| 1861 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 1874 | 659 | 11 | 0 | 307 | 1 | 0 |
| 1862 | 287 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 17 | 6 | 1875 | 691 | 2 | 6 | 341 | 3 | 6 |
| 1863 | 228 | 12 | 0 | 106 | 19 | 5 | 1876 | 887 | 7 | 6 | 363 | 15 | 9 |
| 1864 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 9 | 0 | 1877 | 892 | 0 | 11½ | 356 | 2 | 0 |
| 1865 | 256 | 12 | 8 | 181 | 8 | 6 | 1878 | 798 | 2 | 6 | 334 | 8 | 6 |
| 1866 | 429 | 11 | 11 | 255 | 19 | 6 | 1879 | 728 | 19 | 9 | 292 | 19 | 9 |
| 1867 | 455 | 10 | 0 | 174 | 15 | 9 | 1880 | 339 | 11 | 10 | 170 | 11 | 9 |
| 1868 | 591 | 12 | 0 | 294 | 14 | 3 | 1881 | 623 | 15 | 0 | 284 | 19 | 3 |
| 1869 | 552 | 1 | 4 | 369 | 1 | 6 | 1882 | 742 | 4 | 8 | 316 | 4 | 9 |
Table shewing the cost of the Removal of Dust since 1856.
| Year. | Paid by Vestry. | Received by Vestry. | Year. | Paid by Vestry. | Received by Vestry. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1857 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 1870 | 180 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1858 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 1871 | 550 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1859 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 1872 | 920 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1860 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 1873 | 1134 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1861 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 1874 | 1294 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1862 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 1875 | 1300 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1863 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 1876 | 1505 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1864 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 1877 | 2050 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1865 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 1878 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1866 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 1879 | 1190 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 1867 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 1880 | 1224 | 12 11 | |||||||
| 1868 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1881 | 1385 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| 1869 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1882 | 1855 | 18 | 2 | ||||||