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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
Clerkenwell 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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The approximate cost was as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slopmen's wages | 924 | 18 | 0 |
| Scavengers' ,, | 2,022 | 5 | 7 |
| „ (teinpy. gang) | 139 | 13 | 6 |
| Keep of Horses | 352 | 12 | 6 |
| Cost of barging slop away | 874 | 9 | 0 |
| Loading barges | 235 | 15 | 2 |
| Brooms for sweeping machines | 57 | 16 | 0 |
| Scavengers' brooms | 64 | 11 | 0 |
| Repairs to sweeping machines | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Hire of horses and vans | 153 | 11 | 3 |
| £4,828 | 1 | 0 |
DESTRUCTOR AT WHARE.
The furnace at Wharf having become absolutely
useless the question as to whether it was desirable
to rebuild same, or to have a destructor built, that
would not only burn the paper, but the whole of the
soft core, was very carefully considered by the Works
Committee. Destructors were inspected at Bradford
and Leyton, and it was decided to advertise
for tenders for a two-cell destructor capable of
burning the whole of the paper and soft core sifted
from the dust taken to the Wharf.
The following tenders were submitted:—
Messrs. Beaman and Deas, £1,097 not including
roof.