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]
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Upon pages 153-5 will be found full particulars of the work executed under this contract, which was relet to Mr. A. H. Keep, as and from the 29th September, for a period of 18 months, at the following prices and the comparison prices for the previous year:
Year ending 29th September, 1898. | 18 months to March, 1900. | |||
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s. | d. | s. | d. | |
Dust, ashes, clinkers, rubbish, garbage, house, garden, trade and every other description of refuse, at per ton | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Road slop, snow, ice, sweepings and scrapings from the whole of the roads and streets, at per van load (2 cubic yards) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Refuse from gullies and sewers, at per van load (2 cubic yards) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Surplus excavation, earth, clay, soft core or the like, at per one horse full material cart load | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Dusting.
The quarterly collection has been as follows: —
Loads. | Tons. | Cwt. | |
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Quarter ending Midsummer, 1898 | 846 | 1470 | 12 |
,, Michaelmas, 1898 | 834 | 1325 | 10 |
,, Christmas, 1898 | 861 | 1540 | 0 |
,, Lady-day, 1899 | 869 | 1522 | |
3410 | 5858 | 4 |