[Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1899
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Credit: [Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At Kidacre Street 24,096 loads of rubbish, weighing 22,758'5 tons (o’94 tons, or, i8’9 cwts. per load), were destroyed in 12 cells during 303 working days, being an average of 6‘3 tons per cell-day. There were 7,272 observations of temperature taken, the readings averaging 1,429° Fahr. ; the highest was 1,500°* ; the lowest, 700°. At Meanwood Road 14,383 loads of rubbish, weighing 13,5 30*4 tons (°'94 tons, or, 18*8 cwts. a load), were destroyed in eight cells during 302 working days, being an average of 5 '6 tons per cell-day. No observations of temperature were taken. Street Cleansing. Mr. Darley reports that during 309 working days, 232,528 streets cleansings were effected, an average of 752 per day. The cleansing of gullies was equivalent to cleansing 161,228, or an average of 522 per day. In addition to this, 50,364 loads of street refuse were carted away and deposited, and 117,861 cleansings of courts in yards effected. The number of horse-days for street cleansing was 19,158 and for watering, 4,646. During the 101 street-watering days, 77,728 barrels of water were used. During the year 1899, the cleansing of certain unpaved streets was taken over by this department, and for this period (229 working days) work was done equivalent to the cleansing of 22,648 roads and 12,859 gullies, while 13,196 loads of refuse were removed, averaging respectively 99 roads, 56 gullies, and 57 loads per day. The number of loads of snow removed was 11,074, at a cost of £ 1,094 16s. id. The cost of street cleansing was A 18,878 9s. lid. ; for street watering, £2,4.04 16s. 2d. ; and for cleansing highways, £4,770 13s. 1 id.: together making a total cost of £27,148 16s. id.