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PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The work of the Cleansing Department includes the collection
of House, Trade and Market Refuse, Street Watering, Scavenging
and Gully Cleansing
Refuse Collection:-
The following vehicles arc engaged in Refuse Collection:—
15 Dennis Motor Refuse Low Loaders on House Refuse.
2 Dennis Motor Refuse Low Loaders on Market and Trade
Refuse.
Extra Dennis Low Loaders are engaged when the Trade
Refuse collections are above the average requirements.
The Horse System on House Refuse collection has been
entirely superseded by Motor Transport, which works on the
continuous system. The first Low Loader leaves the Depot at
7.30 a.m. and the second at 8 a.m. When the second Low Loader
arrives on the District to start work, the first Low Loader is
filled, and while the first is on its way to the Disposal Works,
the second Loader continues the work of loading. On the return
of the first Low Loader, the operation of filling continues until the
Beat is completely cleared.
The whole area of the Borough is cleared bi-weekly, excepting
the area contiguous to the City of London in which a daily collection
operates.
The Low Loader system has been in operation during the past
12 months, and is now giving satisfactory results.