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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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HORSE KEEPING.
The cost of keeping the Vestry's horses was as follows:
| Stock in hand, 25th March, 1892. | 159 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rent of stables | 130 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wages | 430 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Superintendent's salary | 168 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Coin | 672 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Hay, straw, and clover | 704 | 17 | 7 | |||
| Greenmeat | 56 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Bran and oatmeal | 51 | 13 | 6 | |||
| Beans | 92 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Veterinary and shoeing | 173 | 19 | 9 | |||
| Rates, taxes, coals, gas, water, repairs, interest, &c. | 167 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Insurances | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Depreciation of stock | 392 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 3,208 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Less sale of dung | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stock in hand, 25th March, 1893 | 106 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 116 | 12 | 4 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | |||||
Cost per horse is equal to 5/5½ per day.
The work done was equal to 11,319 working days for one
horse.
The time was divided as follows:
| 1,459 | days for drawing materials for road repairs. |
| 4,052 | „ carting street refuse. |
| 4,364 | „ „ house refuse. |
| 1,444 | „ watering roads. |
| 11,319 |
THE FOLLOWING TABLES
will show the cost of Road Watering, Repairs, Scavenging, and
Removal of Dust for the past three years,