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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
Paddington 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Materials abstracted. — The following miscellaneous
materials were abstracted from the beforementioned
loads of rough dust:—
15,798 chaldrons of ashes.
7,335 chaldrons of breeze.
189 boat loads, or 3,243
tons of soft core.
293 cart loads and 9 boat
loads of hard core,
or about 500 tons.
15 tons of coals.
Tns. cwt. Qrs.
15 19 0 of bones.
105 0 0 of rags.
61 18 3 of cast and wrought
iron.
4 0 1 of various metals.
14 17 0 of white sheet glass
29 0 0 of black glass, broken
bottles, &c.
| Haulage of ashes and breeze | £137 7 9 |
| Do. of soft core | 162 2 9 |
| Unloading ashes and breeze | 150 8 0 |
| Do. soft core | 40 11 1 |
| Tonnage Dues—soft core | 162 2 9 |
| Do. ashes and breeze | 242 0 6 |
Slopping, collecting, —As described in previous
Reports, nearly all the sweepings, slop, and snow has
been brought to the Depot. During the year 26,594
loads were collected by 7,973 horses and carts, working
308 days, giving an average of 86.34 loads per day,
or 3.33 loads per horse per day; the maximum number
brought to the wharves in one week being 751,
and the minimum 182 loads; the expenses being as
follows:—
Collecting £2,073 3 9
Loading boats 318 0 9
Haulage 724 9 2½
Tonnage 724 9 2½
Sent away — 676 boats, or
24,838 tons.