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 St. Saviour's]
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The following table shows the expenditure on jobbing work, repairs, reinstating Companies' trenches, and sundry works in maintaining the carriageways and footways in the District.
Wages. | Horse Hire. | Rubbish Shooting and Materials. | Asphalte Company's Accounts. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||||
Carriageway | 543 | 8 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 6 | |||
Footway | 384 | 3 | 7 | 303 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
£927 | 11 | 7 | £84 | 11 | 6 | £442 | 5 | 4 | £320 | 13 | 9 |
Horses are hired by the day at 5s. 5¼d. per ordinary day's
work and for Borough Market cleansing at night, the Board
finding their own carmen and carts.
The quantity of ballast used on the Bridge Inclines, Wood
Paving, &c., for the year was 1,120 yards cube, which cost,
including spreading, £345 6s. 8d.
The quantity of ballast used under Pitching and other paving
works was 519 yards cube.
BOARD'S WORKMEN.
The Rate of wages paid to the workmen in the employ of the
Board is as follows:—
Masons 9£d. per hour.
Paviors 9iW. „
Hammermen 7½d.
Making a total amount expended on the above work of £1775 2.s. 2
£ | s. | d. | |
---|---|---|---|
City of London Electric Lighting Co. | 1,070 | 3 | 0 |
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Co | 211 | 9 | 0 |
South Metropolitan Gas Co. | 188 | 3 | 10 |
London Electric Supply Corporation | 45 | 8 | 6 |
Lambeth Water Co. | 33 | 4 | 5 |
London Hydraulic Power Co | 29 | 2 | 9 |
Postal Telegraphs Office | 0 | 16 | 4 |
Builders, for sewer trenches, hoardings, &c, | 135 | 15 | 4 |
Sundries | 0 | 14 | 0 |
£1,714 | 17 | 2 |
The sums expended on Carriageway and Footway Paving Works executed by ourselves, including estimated works, repairs, trenches, and the whole of the plant purchased, is as follows, and for a portion of which we received from the various companies, etc., the sum of £1,714 17s. 2d.
£ | s. | d. | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,566 | 4 | 6 |
Horse Hire | 141 | 3 | 6 |
Materials | 1,157 | 13 | 8 |
Rubbish Shooting | 99 | 8 | 6 |
Plant | 142 | 2 | 5 |
Add Asphalte Work executed by | 3,106 | 12 | 7 |
contract, etc. | 1,305 | 12 | 1 |
£4,412 | 4 | 8 |