View report page

21
SECTION III.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Scavenging.—The collection of house and trade refuse is
carried out by the Borough Surveyor's Department, and a weekly
collection is the rule. Horsed and low-loading motor vehicles
are used. The quantities collected in 1926 were as follows: —
Van Loads 13,499
Cart Loads 10,828
Motor Loads 5,452
The refuse is mainly disposed of at the Council's
Destructors situated at Molesworth Street, Lewisham, and Lower
Sydenham, whilst smaller quantities are sent away by train, and
deposited on shoots in the Borough. The following are the
figures for 1926:—
Dust Destructors 33,785 tons
Trained away 1,551 ,,
Shoots 118 ,,
Total 35,454 tons
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.
The work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors, and the
nuisances discovered, are shewn in the following Tables: —