“Expenses by Machinery in St. Martin’s Parish.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Annual payment to street-machine proprietor | 980 | 0 | 0 |
| Watering rate (1847) | 644 | 16 | 8½ |
| Salaries to clerks | 391 | 0 | 0 |
| Support of 28 able-bodied men in workhouse, thrown out of work, at 4s. 6d. per man | 327 | 12 | 0 |
| £2343 | 8 | 8½ |
“Expenditure by the Employment of Street-Orderlies.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Maintenance of 28 street-orderlies to keep clean 70,000 yards (presumed contents), at 2500 yards each man, at 12s. per week | 768 | 0 | 0 |
| Two inspectors of orderlies, at 15s. per week | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| One superintendent of ditto, at 1l. per week | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Wear and tear of brooms | 36 | 8 | 0 |
| Interest on outlay for barrows, brooms, and shovels | 26 | 19 | 0 |
| Watering rate (not required) | .. | .. | .. |
| Value of manure pays for cartage | .. | .. | .. |
| 961 | 7 | 0 | |
| Annual saving by street-orderlies | 1382 | 1 | 8½ |
| 2343 | 8 | 8½ |
I now give an estimate concerning a smaller district, one of the divisions of St. Pancras parish. It was embodied in a Report read at a meeting in Camden-town, on the desirableness of introducing the street-orderly system:—
The Report set forth that the Committee had “made a minute investigation into the present systems of street-cleansing, as adopted under the superintendence of Mr. Bird, the parish surveyor, and under that of the National Philanthropic Association.
“From the 26th of March, 1848, to the 26th of March, 1849, the Directors of the Poor expended in paving and cleansing, &c., the three and a quarter miles under their charge, 3545l. 19s. 7d.; of this the following items were for cleansing, viz.—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Labour | 249 | 13 | 0 |
| Tools | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Slop carting | 496 | 0 | 0 |
| Proportion of foreman’s salary | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 795 | 5 | 0 |
“The street-orderly system of cleansing the said roads in the most efficient manner would give the following expenditure per annum:—