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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.— Continued.

Summary of Report, compared with the previous Year.— Continued.

Year 1900.Year 1899.
Loads of Street sweepings 8,279Loads of Street sweepings 7,025
Increase, 1,254 loads.
Number of barges hired 149Number of Barges hired 193
Decrease, 44 barges.(Average tonnage of barges, nearly 7 ton over that of last year.
Cost of Barge Hire for Street Sweepings, Hardcore and Rubbish £1,256 3s. 3d.Cost of Barge hire for Street Sweepings, Hardcore and Rubbish £1210 l1s. 6d.
Increase, £45 l1s. 9d.
(The price paid for barging is 2d. per registered tonnage above the previous year.)
Nett cost of cleansing the Streets, collecting and disposing of the refuse, per load 17s. 5d.Nett cost of cleansing the Streets, collecting and disposing of the refuse, per load 17s. 8d.
Decrease, 3d. per load.

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W. LONGHURST, Superintendent.