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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![17 [Form No. 5] Quantitative Analysis of Seasonal Trade Refuse. These samples of trade refuse were subjected to analyses similar to those applied to house refuse with the result shown in the following table :— Winter Refuse, 13th January, 1926. Spring Refu.se, 14th April, 1926. Summer Refuse, 14th July, 1926. Average. lbs. % lbs. % lbs. % lbs. % (a) Fine Dust Content (under 5/16 in.) 728 30.952 26 1.009 41 1.722 265 11.228 (b) Small Cinder „ (between 5/16in. and ¾ in.) 252 10.714 17 .659 22 .924 97 4.099 (c) Large ,, ,, (over ¾ in.) 124 5.272 13 .504 19 .798 52 2.191 (d) Vegetable and Putrescible Content 62 2.636 1,820 70.597 1,929 81.051 1,270 51.428 (e) Paper Content 450 19.133 252 9.775 215 9. 034 306 12.647 (f) Metal ,, (1) Metal Containers 8 0.340 16 .621 108 4.538 44 1.833 (2) Other Metals nil - nil - nil - nil - (G) Rag ,, including bagging and all textiles nil - nil - nil - nil - (h) Glass ,, (1) Bottles and Jars nil - nil - 14 .588 5 .196 (2) Broken (Glass (Cullet) nil - nil - nil - nil - (I) Bones ,, nil - 6 .233 nil - 2 .078 (j) Combustible Debris not classified above : (wood, straw, leather, etc.) 442 18.793 414 16.059 nil - 285 11.617 (K) Incombustible Debris not classified above : (bricks, stone, pottery, etc.) 286 12.160 14 .543 32 1.345 4.683 b](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b18222237_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
