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Rotherhithe 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Barging.

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.
s.d.s.d.
Dust, ashes, clinkers, rubbish, garbage, house, garden, trade and every other description of refuse, at per ton11020
Road slop, snow, ice, sweepings and scrapings from the whole of the roads and streets, at per van load (2 cubic yards)2034
Refuse from gullies and sewers, at per van load (2 cubic yards)2036
Surplus excavation, earth, clay, soft core or the like, at per one horse full material cart load11020

Dusting.

The quarterly collection has been as follows: —

Loads.Tons.Cwt.
Quarter ending Midsummer, 1898846147012
,, Michaelmas, 1898834132510
,, Christmas, 189886115400
,, Lady-day, 189986915222
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