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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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REMOVAL OF DUST.
ROAD WATERING.
| 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | £ | S. | d | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Wages of drivers | 254 | 11 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 255 | 6 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 213 | 5 | 9 |
| Horse hire | 193 | 18 | 0 | Horse hire | 259 | 3 | 6 | Horse hire | 107 | 12 | 0 |
| Keep of Vestry's Horses = 1,198 working days | | 384 | 7 | 2 | Keep of Vestry's Horses = 1,266 working days | 369 | 5 | 0 | Keep of Vestry's Horses = 1,382 working days | 357 | 0 | 4 |
| East London Water Co. for 10,116,000gls. of water | 387 | 12 | 3 | East London Water Co. for ll,646,000gls. of water | 445 | 11 | 6 | East London Water Co. for 7,739,000 gls. of water | 313 | 13 | 10 |
| £1,220 | 8 | 5 | £1,329 | 6 | 0 | £991 | 11 | 2 | |||
This is equal to nearly 2/4 per load for collection and carting.
The decrease in the quantity of dust collected and consequently the
saving in the amount expended is owing to the increased use of gas
cooking stoves in the better class houses.
DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
The quantity of Ashes sifted and put on rail was 6,340 tons, and
770 tons were loaded into barges and sold for brick making purposes.
3,402 tons were loaded into barges and sent to shoot.
The total cost of disposing of the Refuse was as follows:—
Carriage and other disposal of refuse £937 010
Sifting and loading 642 17 11
Rent of Wharf 130 00
Rent of Arch 1000
£1719 18 9
I hate designed a consuming furnace for the light material, which
I estimate will nearly save its cost in a year. Two of these are being
erected at the Devonshire Street Wharf.
The amount received and receivable for sale of ashes and breeze
was £194 14 3.
ROAD REPAIRS.
| Year ending March, 1887. | Year ending March, 1888. | Year ending March, 1889. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards. | £ | s. | d. | Yards. | £ | s. | d. | Yards. | £ | S. | d. |
| 1852 Kentish Flints | 478 | 16 | 8 | 628 Kentish Flints | 162 | 4 | 8 | 1225 Kentish Flints | 316 | 9 | 2 |
| 858 Gravel & Ballast | 189 | 0 | 8 | 1074 Gravel & Hoggin | 265 | 8 | 8 | 135 Gravel & Hoggin | 30 | 7 | 6 |
| 1505 Broken Granite | 777 | 11 | 8 | 1329 Broken Granite | 825 | 1 | 9 | 2015 Broken Granite | 992 | 2 | 10 |
| £1445 | 9 | 0 | £1252 | 15 | 1 | £1338 | 19 | 6 | |||
SCAVENGING.
| 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Hor3e-hire for cleansing rds. | 30 | 19 | 6 | Horse-hire for cleansing rds. | 31 | 0 | 0 | Horse-hire for cleansing roads | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| Wages of Drivers & Fillers | 985 | 0 | 5 | Wages of Drivers & Fillers | 985 | 0 | 3 | Wages of Drivers & Fillers | 1059 | 4 | 8 |
| Keep of Horses 3181 work ing davs. | 1020 | 11 | 5 | Keep of horses = 3326 work ing days . | 970 | 1 | 8 | Keep of horses 3583 working days . | 925 | 12 | 2 |
| Horse hire for drawing materials, 400 horses & men | 210 | 0 | 0 | Horse-hire for drawing materials 382 horses & men | 200 | 11 | 0 | Horse-hire for drawing materials 56 horses & men | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| Wages of Drivers | 277 | 7 | 2 | Wages of Drivers | 265 | 6 | 0 | Wages of Drivers | 238 | 12 | 0 |
| Keep of Vestry's horses 992 working days | 318 | 5 | 4 | Keep of Vestry's horses = 1382 working days | 403 | 1 | 8 | horses = 1193 working days | 308 | 3 | 10 |
| Wages of Sca vengers. | 1604 | 19 | 6 | Wages of Sca vengers | 1430 | 7 | 8 | Wages of Seavengers . | 1416 | 0 | 11 |
| Rent of Riga Wf. | 124 | 0 | 0 | Rent of Riga Wf. | 124 | 0 | 0 | Rent of Riga Wf. | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| £4571 | 3 | 4 | £4409 | 8 | 3 | £4101 | 18 | 7 | |||