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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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SURVEYOR'S REPORT,
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To the Vestry of the Parish of Saint James and
Saint John, Clerkenwell.
Surveyor's Office,
Vestry Hall,
Clerkenwell,
19th September, 1889.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before yon my "Report upon the
Works, &c., executed by your Vestry during the
year ending Lady-day, 1889.
SEWERS AND GULLIES.
One hundred and twenty-six sewers were cleansed
and repaired, 5 new side entrance covers were fixed,
7 new gullies constructed (including 2 at Muswell
Hill) 465 cleansed and repaired, 3 trapped, 1 gully
drain reconstructed, 13 new gully grates were
fixed, and 3 patent gullies, 7 gully grates repaired,
and three flushing shafts constructed.
One hundred and ninety two loads of deposit
were removed from the sewers and gullies.
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Receipts—eontinutd. | Expenditure—continued. | |||||||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | ||
Brought forward | 743 | 17 | 6 | Brought forward | 2014 | 17 | 6 | 2953 | 2 | 8 |
Dust Sifting | 508 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Cartage of Stone. &c. | 19 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
2542 | 19 | 6 | ||||||||
Horse Hire, including Driver:— | ||||||||||
Watering | 108 | 13 | 6 | |||||||
Dusting | 23 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Snow Carting | 28 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
159 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||
Committee Expenses | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||||||
Removal of Hardcore | 51 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
Harness and Repairs | 60 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Van Covers | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Shovels, Scoops, &c. | 6 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Baskets | 7 | 16 | 5 | |||||||
Dustmens' Jackets, &c. | 10 | 17 | 6 | |||||||
Wheelwrights' Wages | 135 | 13 | 7 | |||||||
___ Repairs to Wheels | 49 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Timber | 20 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Iron, Ironwork, Bolts, &c. | 58 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
Paint, "Varnish, &c. | 18 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
Writing names on "Vehicles | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Coals for Forge | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
284 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
Rubbish Shooting, &c. | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Removal of Dust, Muswell Hill | 11 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
£743 | 17 | 6 | Other smaller payments | 63 | 9 | 01 | ||||
Carried forward | £5143 | 11 | 0 |