London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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SCAVENGING.
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Horse hire for cleansing roads | 30 | 8 | 0 | Horse hire for cleansing road | 59 | 6 | 0 | Horse hire for cleansing roads | 185 | 5 | 2 |
| Wages of drivers and fillers | 1048 | 1 | 4 | Wages of drivers and fillers | 1155 | 1 | 0 | Wages of drivers and fillers | 1126 | 9 | 6 |
| Keep of horses = 3,674 working days | 1025 | 13 | 2 | Keep of horses = 3,569 working days | 966 | 12 | 1 | Keep of horses = 3,411 working days | 945 | 2 | 7 |
| Wages of scavengers | 1548 | 8 | 1 | Wages of scavengers | 1886 | 5 | 2 | Wages of scavengers | 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| £3,652 | 10 | 7 | £4,067 | 4 | 3 | £4,269 | 3 | 9 | |||