Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
This page requires JavaScript
Watering Horses hired, and the amount of Silt removed from sewers and gullies, Horses hired and water used for flushing same.
| Slop Collection and Material Carts. | Street Watering. Horses and Drivers Hired. Days. | Cleansing and Flushing Sewers. | Cleansing and Flushing Gullies. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| week ending. | Slop removed. Cubic yards. | Horses & Drivers Hired. Days. | Deposit Removed. Cubic yds. | Horses ami Drivers Hired. Days. | Water used. Loads. | Deposit Honored. Cubic yds. | Horses and Drivers Hired. | Water used. Lads. | |
| 29th Mar., 1895. | 156 | 23½ | 13 | - | ½ | 3 | 16 | 2½ | 31 |
| 5th April | 110 | 21 | 2 | - | ½ | 4 | 22 | 4½ | 59 |
| 12th „ | 124 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 33 |
| 19th „ | 137 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 26th „ | 161 | 16¼ | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 40 |
| 3rd May | 131 | 15¼ | 18 | 2 | 2½ | 28 | 23 | 2½ | 26 |
| 10th „ | 146 | 21 | 48¼ | 8 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 44 |
| 17th „ | 132 | 23½ | 50 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 44 |
| 24th „ | 119 | 18½ | 31 | 2 | 1½ | 14 | 24 | 3½ | 42 |
| 31st „ | 128 | 40½ | 33 | — | ½ | 4 | 22 | 4½ | 55 |
| 7th June | 111 | 22¼ | 35½ | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 10 |
| 14th „ | 149 | 30½ | 50 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 25 |
| 21st „ | 119 | 22¾ | 33½ | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 55 |
| 28 th „ | 129 | 37 | 52¾ | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 52 |
| 5th July | 132 | 32 | 45½ | 2 | - | — | 22 | 5 | 66 |
| 12th „ | 162 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 111 |
| 19th „ | 157 | 30 | 43½ | — | 1 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 80 |
| 26th „ | 110 | 22½ | 10½ | — | - | — | 21 | — | — |
| 2nd August | 118 | 22 | 31¾ | 2 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 51 |
| 9th „ | 105 | 10¼ | 5½ | - | 3 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| 16th „ | 135 | 17 | 21½ | — | 1½ | 11 | 19 | ½ | 6 |
| 23rd „ | 142 | 14½ | 14½ | 2 | ½ | 5 | 14 | 3½ | 39 |
| 30th „ | 149 | 19¼ | 20½ | - | 2 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 6th Sept. | 133 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| 13th „ | 137 | 9¼ | 24 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 41 |
| 20th „ | 128 | 10 | 11¼ | 2 | - | - | 22 | 5 | 59 |