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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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THE
SURVEYOR'S ACCOUNTS,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 25th, 1884.
SCAVENGING.
| 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s | d | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Horse-hire for clean sing roads | 8 | 8 | 0 | Horse-hire for cleansing rds. | 12 | 12 | 0 | Horse-hire for cleansing rds. | 40 | 12 | 0 |
| Wages of Drivers & Fillers | 995 | 2 | 1 | Wages of Drivers & fillers | 1045 | 1 | 10 | Wages of Drivers & fillers | 910 | 4 | 0 |
| Keep ofhorses =3356 working days | 1087 | 4 | 1 | Keep of horses = 3455 working days for one horse | 1090 | 9 | 8 | Keep of horses = 3132 working days | 942 | 17 | 3 |
| Horse-hire for drawing materials | 72 | 13 | 8 | Horse hire for drawing materials | 29 | 8 | 0 | Horse hire for drawing ma terials, 1486 horses | 243 | 0 | 0 |
| Wages of Drivers | 155 | 16 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 266 | 9 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 344 | 12 | 0 |
| Keep of Vestry horses = 779 working days | 252 | 7 | 3 | Keep of horses 1287 working days | 406 | 4 | 2 | Keep of Vestry's horses 1307 working days | 393 | 9 | 2 |
| Scavenging of roads & rent Riga Wharf | 1349 | 16 | 3 | Scavenging of roads & rent of Riga Whf. | 1403 | 19 | 0 | Scavenging roads & rent of Riga Whf. | 1399 | 2 | 2 |
| £3970 | 13 | 3 | £4254 | 3 | 8 | £4224 | 10 | 8 | |||
| REMOVAL OF DUST. | |||||||||||
| 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | - | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Wages of Dustmen | 674 | 18 | 6 | Wages of Dustmen | 534 | 4 | 4 | Wages of Dustmen | 552 | 11 | 7 |
| Keep of horses =3639 working days | 1178 | 17 | 8 | Keep of horses =2870 working days | 905 | 16 | 10 | Keep of horses, = 2930 working days | 882 | 1 | 0 |
| Horse-hire for dusting | 2 | 0 | Horse-hire for dusting | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| £1855 1 | 8 | 2 | £1440 | 1 | 2 | £1435 | 12 | 7 | |||
| The cost of disposing of street refuse has been as follows:— | |||||||||||
| 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Use of Shoot at Wick Lane | 15 | 8 | Use of Shoot | 126 | 19 | Rent of Shoots | 158 | 17 | 0 | ||
| G. E. Railway for carriage of sweepings | 97 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| G. E. Railway Compy, for carriage of sweepings | 160 | 8 | |||||||||
| £176 | 18 | 4 | £224 | 4 | 11 | £158 | 17 | 0 | |||