[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell].

  • St. Giles Camberwell (Parish : Surrey, England)
Date:
1879
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

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    12 Plant for the Season 1879-80, which has thus been augmented, is now as follows:— Horses 62 Water Vans 43 Water Carts 9 Material Carts 32 Slop Carts 34 Health of Horses It is gratifying to announce that during the past year the stud of Horses has kept in excellent health; very few casualties (and those of a light nature) have occurred, and the loss of two only has taken place. This, out of a stud of over Sixty Horses, must be considered satisfactory. Cost of Horse keep. The cost for keep of the Horses has, consequent upon the lower price of Fodder, been somewhat less than the previous year, being £48 per Horse per annum as against £53 in 1877-8. The total cost of this Department for the past year (inclusive of Wheelwrights' and Smiths' work, Repairs to Road Implements and Tools, also Shoeing, and all expenses,) is £9,460, or £150 per mile, but in this amount is included the cost of Cartage of Materials, Road Rolling, and all incidental Works, which under the former system would have been paid for to the Contractors, in addition to the Contract amount, for