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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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TLe gross cost per load of dust being nearly 8s. 5d.
The net cost per load of dust being 3s. 9£d.
A Return showing the Cost of Disposing of the House
Refuse, Trade Refuse, &c., after arrival at the Wharf, for the
year ending March 25tli, 1900.
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| Deduct— | £ | s. | d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount received for Ashes and Breeze | 2027 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Rags, Bones, Bottles, &c. | 143 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Collecting Trade Refuse - | 212 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Collecting Dust from Holborn Union | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2453 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Net cost | - | - | - | £2031 | 0 | 0 |
Number of loads—10,657.
| 8. | d. | ||
| Sifters Wages - Barge Loading—Ashes and Breeze Ditto Rubbish Barge Hire for Rubbish and Hardware (estimated) Horse Hire for Ash Barges Removal of Tius, &c. - Destructor — Engineers and Labourers' Wages -Ditto Coals for -Ditto Oils, &c., for Proportion of Establishment Charges | 987 124 13 130 71 12 254 23 8 1625 679 2305 | 13 15 6 0 11 0 11 15 7 19 8 7 | 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 7 1 8 |