Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health.
- Holborn (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
- Date:
- 1927
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![16 [Form No. 5] Quantitative Analysis of 10 Tons of Seasonal House Refuse. [###{ Winter Refuse, 13th January, 1926. Spting Refuse, 14th April, 1926. Summer Refuse, 14th July, 1926. Average. lbs. % lbs. % lbs. % lbs. % (a) Fine Dust Content (under 5/16 in.) 7,325 32.702 6,978 31.152 3,056 13.642 5,787 25.832 (b) Small Cinder „ (between 5/16 in. and ¾ in.) 4,187 18.694 4,382 19.563 2,383 10.640 3,651 16.299 (c) Large „ ,, (over 5/4 in.) 3,468 15.480 4,175 18.638 1,826 8.154 3,156 14.091 (d) Vegetable and Putrescible Content 16 .072 48 .214 356 1.589 140 .625 (E) Paper Content 5,585 24.934 5,267 23.513 12,504 55.822 7,786 34.756 (f) Metal ,, (1) Metal Containers 567 2.531 483 2.156 520 2.320 523 2.336 (2) Other Metals 8 .036 10 .045 160 .715 59 .265 (G) Rag ,, including bagging and all textiles 117 .522 203 .906 327 1.459 216 .962 (h) Glass ,, (1) Bottles and Jars 234 1.040 321 1.433 304 1.357 286 1.277 (2) Broken Glass (Cullet) 231 1.031 62 .277 147 .656 147 .655 (I) Bones ,, 60 .268 65 .290 182 .813 102 .457 (J) Combustible Debris not classified above: (wood, straw, leather, etc.) 29 .130 6 .027 8 .034 14 .64 (k) Incombustible Debris not classified above : (bricks, stone, pottery, etc.) 573 2.560 400 1.786 627 2.799 533 2.381 22,400 100.000 22,400 100.000 22,400 100.000 22,400 100.000 On each of the three days when the samples of house refuse were obtained sample of trade refuse was also obtained, about one ton on each occasion.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b18222237_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
