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A History of the County of Stafford
… into Walsall Brook. The town authorities employed two scavengers, who emptied the cesspools and about once a week …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… were generally in a miserable state. 49 The appointment of scavengers in 1736 with power to raise a 6 d. rate 50 was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1702 94 a hayward was elected. There were also two street scavengers for the town by the late 17th century and still in …
William and Mary, 1690: All Act for Paveing and Cleansing the Streets in the Cityes of London and Westminster and Suburbs and Liberties thereof and Out-Parishes in the County of Midlesex and in the Burrough of Southwarke and other places within the Weekly Bills of Mortality in the County of Surrey and for Regulating the Markets therein mentioned. [Chapter VIII. Rot. Parl. pt. 3. nu. 7.]
Statutes of the Realm
… on the Penalty of twenty shillings for every Offence. IV. Scavengers to carry away all Dirt, &c.; to have a Bell, &c.; … enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That the Rakers Scavengers or other Officers therunto appointed every day in … soe staying as aforesaid all which the said Rakers Scavengers or other Officers aforesaid shall dayly carry or …
Statutes of the Realm