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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

West Ham 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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and the staff employed numbers 56 men, besides the Dust Inspector
and two foremen.
The total amount collected during the 306 working days in the
year was 28,699 loads, an increase of 308 loads on the previous year.
The shoots on which the above house refuse was deposited,
together with the number of loads in each case, are set out below :—

Table: Out of the Borough.

Out of the Borough.

Loads.
East London Clearance and Cartage Company, Carpenters' Road2,510
East Ham Dust Destructor2,968
In the Borough.
Temple Mills (Messrs. C. Abbott & Sons)7,410
„ (Messrs. Clay)3,551
Beckton Road (West Ham Corporation)9,561
South West Ham Goods Station (Mr. Allen)2,699
Loads Collected.Approximate weight in tons.Averagedaily collection in loads.Averagedaily collection in tons.
Northern Division15,53627,18850.7788.8
Southern Division13,16324,99443.0181.6
28,69952,18293.78170 .4