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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
The quantity of ashes and breeze sifted and put on rail was
7,323 tons, and 780 tons were loaded into barges and sold for
brick making purposes. 1,340 tons were loaded into barges
and sent to Shoot. 1,097 tons of rough dust were disposed ot
by rail, and 364 tons of clinkers were removed from the Wharf.
DRAWING MATERIALS AND SCAVENGING.
| 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Horse hire for cleansing roads | 17 | 0 | Horse hire for cleansing roads | 30 | 8 | 0 | Horse hire for cleansing roads | 59 | |||
| Wages of drivers and fillers | 1059 | 4 | 8 | Wages of drivers and fillers | 1048 | 1 | 4 | Wages of drivers and fillers | 1155 | ||
| Keep of horses= 3,583 working days | 925 | 12 | 2 | Keep of horses– 3,674 working days | 1025 | 13 | 2 | Keep of horses– 3,569 working days | 966 | 12 | 1 |
| Horse hire for drawing materials (56 horses and men) | 22 | 8 | 0 | Horse hire for drawing materials (282 horses and men) | 133 | 19 | 0 | Horse hire for drawing materials (461 horses and men) | 218 | 19 | 6 |
| Wages of drivers | 238 | 12 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 265 | 5 | 8 | Wages of drivers | 244 | 13 | 5 |
| Keep of Vestry's horses = 1,193 working days | 308 | 10 | Keep of Vestry's horses = 1,019 working days | 284 | 9 | 5 | Keep of Vestry's horses =1046 working days | 283 | 5 | 10 | |
| Wages of scavengers | 1416 | 0 | 11 | Wages of scavengers | 1548 | 8 | 1 | Wages or scavengers | 1886 | 5 | 2 |
| Rent of Riga Wharf | 124 | 0 | 0 | Rent of Riga Wharf | 124 | 0 | 0 | Rent of Riga Wharf | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| £4,101 | 18 | 7 | £4,460 | 4 | 8 | £4,938 | 3 | 0 | |||
The increase in the quantity of refuse collected has not
added to the marketable material, but on the contrary the
percentage of rubbish increases and I have advised your Committee
having the care of this important branch of your work,
to construct two additional furnaces, for reducing to clinkers a
larger quantity of such malter.
DISPOSAL OF STREET REFUSE.
Rent of Shoot at Stratford £66 0 0
LIGHTING.
The public lamps 1,001 in number have been supplied,
lighted, cleaned and repaired by the Commercial Gas Company
at a cost of £3,626 6s. 6d.
The long frost of the winter seriously interfered with the
efficient lighting of the Streets, and much cost was incurred by
the Gas Company in clearing the services.
STEAM ROLLER.
Your roller has worked 225 days on your own roads and has
been let on hire 22 days.
The cost for labor and fuel has been £204 15s. 6d. Repairs
£31 16s. 4d.