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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 March303–4––8––
3rd April10210–42296––
10th ,,9810½4½24496––
17th „152112—1056820––
24th „106½321245½7322––
1st May136½123012679222½35
8th „119¼152921¾2722225
15th „1318½42½3113225½60
22nd ,,1359½33½2675213½37
29th ,,1269244446184¾54
5th June110½932¾10558224¾54
12th „156½1613444922447
19th „112½11¾37½1044324338
26th ,,125¾1435½6½44824455
3rd July115¼1035115½75225¼70
10th ,,125¾1536¼3½680225¼67
17th „118¼1339½2682225¼71
24th „118½11¾47½126¾86224¼51
31st .„137¼1513212797221¾27
7th August106¾173010574184¾74
14th „139½1819½105¼77222¾36
21st ,,1262410117¼114212¾42
28th „13825¾423222—–
4th Sept.160¼26½5¼43¼5021¾10
11th „138¾27—1233620338
18th „130¼21¼–11½—–22––