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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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Table: Summary of Report, compared with the previous Year.

Summary of Report, compared with the previous Year.

Year 1900.Year 1899.
Loads of Dust, &c. 10,657Loads of Dust, &c. 10,332
Increase, 325 loads.
Freights of Ashes and Breeze 155Freights of Ashes and Breeze 140
Increase, 15 freights.
Chaldrons of Ashes and Breeze 9,942Chaldrons of Ashes and Breeze 8,989
Increase, 953 chaldrons.
Amount of Ashes and Breeze sold £'2,027 18s.Amount of Ashes and Breeze, sold £1491 14s. 4d.
Increase, £536 3s. 8d.
Gross cost of collecting and disposing of housi refuse, &c., per load 8s. 5d.Gross cost of collecting and disposing of house refuse, &c., per load 8s. 7½d.
Decrease, 2£d. per load.
Nett cost of same, per load 8s. 9£d.Nett cost of same, per load 4s. l0d.
Decrease, l/0£ per load.
Nett saving on Destructor in burning refuse, instead of barging it away (for 9 months) £286 14s. 4d.