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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
Westminster 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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The total expenditure, as shown in the following account, amounts to ,£10,584 14s. l0d.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 4,382 | 3 | 11 | |||
| Gas | 45 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Water | 24 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Horse hire | 397 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Barging and disposal of dust and slop | 2,812 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Fodder | 1,008 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Veterinary attendance, shoeing, &c. | 185 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Sundries | 403 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 9,259 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Rents, interest, and repayment of loans | 1,325 | 8 | 4 | |||
| £10,584 | 14 | 10 | ||||
The increase in expenditure for these services is not confined
to this parish, for in Holborn, with 16 miles of streets, the cost
under the contract system has increased £1,500, while in Chelsea
the tenders submitted for collection of dust alone went up from
2. 9d. to 4s. per load It is satisfactory to note that the latter
Vestry have decided to execute the work with their own staff.
LIGHTING.
The 1,382 lamps in the parish have been properly lighted and
maintained by the Gas Light and Coke Company and Her
Majesty's Office of Works.
MAINTENANCE OF SEWERS AND GULLIES.
All the brick and pipe sewers have been flushed, cleansed, and
disinfected, and the gullies have been regularly emptied, disinfected,
and flushed with water.
The drainage of the following streets has been improved by
the construction of new gullies or by the re-construction of old
gullies.
Carpenter-street Medway-street
Caxton street Montpelier-square
Charl wood-street Page-street
Dorset-street Park-place
Ennism ore-gardens Regency-street
Fynes-street Smith-square