MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



vary very slightly from year to year. In the ten years, 

 1896-1905, the volume of street sweepings and slop 

 increased less than 7 per cent, and in the four years, 

 1902-1905, only about 2 per cent. In the ten years' 

 period mentioned the volume of house and trade refuse 

 increased less than 20 per cent and in the four-year 

 period about 6 per cent. In 1905 the quantities were: 

 51,572 loads of house and trade refuse and 31,915 loads 

 of street sweepings and slop, making a total of 83,442 

 loads, or about 267 per day during the six days in the 

 week. 



The total number of employees in the service of 

 the street-cleaning department in 1905 was 727, includ- 

 ing 94 attendants at public comfort stations. 

 There were 208 sweepers, 193 orderly boys, 

 105 cartmen, 17 motor drivers and assistants, 18 flushers, 

 and 12 sewermen, making a force of 553 engaged on 

 the streets. Over the whole force there are 13 foremen. 



The employees are of all ages from the orderly boys 

 of 16 or 18 years to men of 70 and even 80 years or 

 more. The average age of the 15 employees who were 

 in receipt of sick allowances at the end of 1905, was 

 65. Of seven others who died the average age was 48. 



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