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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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REMOVAL OF DUST.
The quantity of refuse collected from houses by your carts and men during the year was 15,983 loads, being 540 loads more than were collected in 1890-1.
Table Shewing Cost for past Three Years.
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Wages of dustmen | 822 | 8 | 7 | Wages of dustmen | 975 | 15 | 1 | Wages of dustmen | 1040 | 7 | 0 |
| Keep of horses = 3,858 working days | 1077 | 0 | 6 | Keep of horses = 3,922 working days | 1062 | 4 | 2 | Keep of horses = 4,053 working days | 1123 | 0 | 5 |
| Horse hire for dusting | 5 | 7 | 6 | Horse hire for dusting | 20 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| £1,899 | 9 | 1 | £2,043 | 6 | 9 | £2,183 | 13 | 5 | |||
| This is equal to about 2/7½ per load for collection and carting. | This is equal to about 2/7¾ per load for collection and carting. | This is equal to nearly 2/85/4 per load for collection and cartage. | |||||||||