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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

Shoreditch 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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Table: TABLE I.— continued.

TABLE I.— continued.

Mr. Travis, 1 new spring truck826
Mr. Slade, 8 ladders 15 feet long, and 1 pair steps 12 feet 6-in. high360
Mr. Pask, providing and fixing shelves in stores1186
Mr. Gibbs, supplying 417 opal street-name tablets2286
Wages fhirg sLreet-name and caution tablets and new standpipes, &c.1588
Materials and labour repairing, painting and glazing 188 large lamps and columns, and painting 92 guard posts4876
Lamplighters' wages for large lamps102100
Gas Company, shifting services for removals and alterations4129
£8241210

Table: TABLE II.Statement of the Cost of Repairs and Painting, Lighting and Extinguishing, and Cleaning, for the year to March,1891.

TABLE II.

Statement of the Cost of Repairs and Painting, Lighting and Extinguishing, and Cleaning, for the year to March,1891.

Materials and labour for repairing, painting and glazing 1470 14-inch ordinary lamps, columns, brackets, etc.124136
Lamplighters' wages870183
,, holiday620
Rewards to police constables and others100
£1002139

Table: TABLE III.Cost of Maintenance of Meters and Governors, dc., Salaries and Expensesfor the year to March,1891.

TABLE III.

Cost of Maintenance of Meters and Governors, dc., Salaries and Expenses

for the year to March,1891.

Mr. Tilley, removing and refixing 2 meters and boxes and fittings230
Maintenance of meters and governors3991
Inspector's salary20000
£241121