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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Saviour's (Southwark) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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Scavenging, &c., work for one year ending March, 1900.
| Scavenging. | Dusting. | Market. | Watering. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Labour | 2507 | 9 | 6 | 785 | 10 | 6 | 335 | 10 | 6 | 139 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Horse-hire | 493 | 13 | 6 | 337 | 11 | 4 | 128 | 11 | 10 | 126 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Disposal of refuse | 1189 | 11 | 9 | 1109 | 16 | 2 | 314 | 18 | 10 | ||||||
| 4190 | 14 | 9 | 2232 | 18 | 0 | 779 | 1 | 2 | 266 | 13 | 6 | 7469 | 7 | 5 | |
| Brooms, tools, water, &c. | 265 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1/10 amount (£1759 12s. fid.) expended on plant | 175 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1/7 amount (223 6s. 7d.) expended on building, etc. | 31 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rent of depot and proportion of office expenses | 295 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8238 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Deduct: — | |||||||||||||||
| Amount received from Boro' Market | 550 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ditto, ditto for collection of trade refuse | 936 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1486 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| £6751 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Amount paid to the Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company for Water, for Street Watering | 52 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| £6804 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Statement showing the weight of Refuse disposed of in each month during the year :—
| 1899. | Market. | Dust. | Slop. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tone. | Cwt. | Qrs. | Tons. | Cwt | Qrs. | Tons. | Cwt. | Ors. | |
| April | 310 | 12 | 3 | 806 | 0 | 0 | 1007 | 12 | 2 |
| May | 214 | 15 | 0 | 833 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 254 | 15 | 3 | 830 | 16 | 3 | 660 | 19 | 3 |
| July | 274 | 6 | 3 | 714 | 9 | 2 | 621 | 1 | 1 |
| August | 175 | 12 | 1 | 809 | 14 | 2 | 590 | 2 | 1 |
| September | 209 | 10 | 1 | 836 | 1 | 2 | 846 | 11 | 3 |
| October | 253 | 15 | 2 | 887 | 8 | 0 | 1009 | 9 | 0 |
| November | 304 | 5 | 0 | 931 | 12 | 2 | 764 | 12 | 3 |
| December | 266 | 4 | 2 | 829 | 11 | 0 | 1092 | 15 | 0 |
| 1900. | |||||||||
| January | 222 | 5 | 0 | 1027 | 17 | 1 | 1132 | 1 | 3 |
| February | 207 | 8 | 0 | 838 | 9 | 3 | 1821 | 6 | 2 |
| March | 183 | 13 | 2 | 970 | 3 | 0 | 818 | 18 | 3 |
| 2877 | 4 | 1 | 10,315 | 6 | 0 | 10,548 | 11 | 1 | |