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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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SCAVENGING.
| 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse hire for cleansing | Horse hire for cleansing | Horse hire for cleansing | |||||||||
| roads | 59 | 6 | 0 | roads | 185 | 5 | 2 | roads | 83 | 7 | 0 |
| Wages of drivers and | Wages of drivers and | Wages of drivers and | |||||||||
| fillers | 1155 | 1 | 0 | fillers | 1126 | 9 | 6 | fillers | 1295 | 10 | 11 |
| Keep of horses = 3,569 | Keep of horses = 3,411 | Keep of horses = 4,052 | |||||||||
| working days | 966 | 12 | 1 | working days | 945 | 2 | 7 | working days | 1105 | 17 | 2 |
| Wages of scavengers | 1886 | 5 | 2 | Wages of scavengers | 2012 | 6 | 6 | Wages of scavengers | 2648 | 14 | 3 |
| £4,067 | 4 | 3 | £4,269 | 3 | 9 | £5,133 | 9 | 4 | |||