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Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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The following table gives the weekly collection of Slop, Material Carts hired, Street 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 & Drivers Hired. Days.Cleansing and Flushing Sewers.Cleansing and Fluihing Gullies.
WEEK ENDING. 1896.Slop removed. Cubic yards.Horses & Drivers Hired. Days.Deposit Remove 1 Cubic yds.Horses anl Drivers Hire Days.Water used. Loads.Deposit Removed. Cubic yds.Horses and Drivers, Hired.Water used. Leads.
27th March30348
3rd April1021042296
10th ,,9810½24496
17th „1521121056820
24th „106½321247322
1st May136½1230126792235
8th „119¼152922722225
15th „13142½31132260
22nd ,,13533½26752137
29th ,,12692444461854
5th June110½932¾105582254
12th „156½1613444922447
19th „112½11¾37½1044324338
26th ,,125¾1435½44824455
3rd July115¼103511752270
10th ,,125¾1536¼6802267
17th „118¼1339½26822271
24th „118½11¾47½12862251
31st .„137¼15132127972227
7th August106¾1730105741874
14th „139½1819½10772236
21st ,,1262410111142142
28th „13825¾423222
4th Sept.160¼26½45021¾10
11th „138¾271233620338
18th „130¼21¼11½22