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Shoreditch 1892

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

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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING DEPARTMENT.

Table: COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, 1892-93.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, 1892-93.

Particulars of Staff. Plant, Ac.At 25th March, 1892.At 25th March, 1893.Remarks.
Staff.
Superintendent11
General Clerk111 for Eastern Division.
Night Scavenging Foremen221 ,, Western ,,
Dusting Inspector11
Watering ,,1For summer only (6months
Storekeeper and Weigh Clerk11
67
Half year to 25th March, 1892.One year to 25th March, 1893.
Wages.- Actum. Payments-£s.d.£s.d.
Superintendent and Clerks151105358158
Dusting372177½1,561171
Scavenging89711½4,092l91
Horsekeepers3612812927
Removal of Snow7801124177
Street Watering......227195† Curried out by General Purposes and
Wharf Staff35000883174Sanitary Committee
Workmen's Holiday9126
1,880247,28913
Average amount paid for weekly wages677614000
Quantity to 25th March, 1892.Quantity to 25th March, 1893.
Fodder purchased.
Haytrusses8592,492
Straw„522198
hales143584
Peat„12-
Clovertrusses5451,581
Mixture„36490
Oatssacks.3981,044
Beans„2252
Carrotstons2
Bransacks186354
Linseed„32
Chafftons1
Green meatbundles....1,452
£s.d.£s.d.
Average cost per horse per week01500146