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St Mary (Islington) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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DUSTING AND SLOPPING.
The following statement shews the nett cost of the collection and disposal of house refuse and road sweepings during the year:—
| Gross expenditure | £27,714 | 17 | 5 | |||
| Amounts received by the sale of ashes, breeze, sand, horses and carts, and the removal of trade refuse | £1,448 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Cartage, smith's and wheelwright's work in repairing tools and water vans in connection with the repair and watering of the roads | 2,606 | 18 | 5 | |||
| Cartage and disposal of sludge from sewers and gullies, and repairing tools | 551 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Work done in connection with public lamps | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 4,607 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| £23,107 | 9 | 3 | ||||
The cost for the year ended Lady-day, 1891, amounted to
£19,411 1s. 3d., or £3,696 8s. Od. less.
The increased cost this year is due to an advance in the
wages of the dustmen, to the larger quantity of house refuse collected,
and to the increase in the cost of disposal of both house refuse and
refuse from the roads. The amount paid for freightage and for shoots
for house and trade refuse and road sweepings was £6,175 Is. Od., an
increase of £2,152 4s. 8d. on the previous year.
The contract price for the disposal of mixture and slop was
£5 10s. Od. per freight, as against £3 10s. Od., the amount paid during
the greater portion of the previous year.
The receipts for the sale of ashes and breeze amounted to
£262 l1s. l1d., an increase of £6 18s. 1d., and for the sale of sand to
£516 13s. 2d., an increase of £74 4s. 4d. over the preceding year.
The average cost per load for the collection and disposal of house
and trade refuse and road sweepings was 4s. 10½d., as against 3s. ll½d.
for the year 1890-91. This increase is chiefly due to the increase in
dustmens wages and in the amount paid for freightage, and to the cost of
the erection of loose boxes and sheds.