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district being three S. and D. freighters (10 c. yards), one Morris
van (14 c. yards) and one horse and cart (part time), and in the case
of the latter, one S. and D. freighter (12 c. yards), one Fordson
Tractor and three trailers, and one 30-cwt. Dennis lorry. Weekly
collections were made to 7,900 private and 700 business premises
in Harrow, and 7,284 private premises in Wealdstone, the annual
amount of refuse collected being in the two districts respectively
6,450 and 5,146 tons, being a weekly average of 124 and 97 tons,
the cost of collection per ton being 11s. and 8s. lOd. In the Hendon
Rural District a weekly collection was carried out by contract,
the annual amount of 9,360 tons, or 180 tons weekly, being collected
from 16,000 premises at a cost of 11s. 1d. per ton.
In May, 1934, the Council resolved that the collection of refuse
for the whole area be carried out by direct labour, and in July
resolved on the purchase of six 15-c. yard rear-loading movablefloor
vehicles for collection.
The arrangement for the collection of trade refuse differed in
the three districts. In Harrow-on-the Hill eight bins were collected
free, a charge being made for collecting over this number up to
sixteen, and a charge was also made for any extra weekly collections.
Disposal at the works was permitted up to one ton, a charge of 4d.
per cwt. being made for amounts exceeding this. In Wealdstone
a charge of 6s. per load of 2¼ cubic yards was made to cover
collection and disposal, and a charge of 3d. per cwt. for disposal
only if delivered at the works. In Hendon Rural District traders
made their own arrangements for collection and delivery at the
shoots. In December, 1934, the following conditions were agreed
on as governing the arrangements for the collection of trade refuse:
(a) That the following arrangements and charges for collection
and disposal of refuse from shops be approved:—
(i) One free collection per week of two bins.
(ii) Additional collections per week to be made, if
required, at a cost of £3 3s. Od. each per annum.
(iii) All bins in excess of two at any collection to be
charged at the rate of 6d. per bin.
(b) That a charge of £3 3s. Od. per annum be made for each
collection of fish offal per week.
(c) That a charge of 6s. 8d. per ton (or 4d. per cwt.) be made
for the disposal of refuse delivered at the destructor.
Refuse Disposal.
At Harrow, refuse is dealt with by total incineration at a
4-cell Heenan and Froude Destructor, erected in 1932, at Rayners
Lane. 8,250 tons per year, or 159 tons weekly, are disposed of at
a cost of 4s. 1d. per ton. Wealdstone dry refuse has since 1928
been treated at a 3-cell Heenan and Froude Separation Plant
adjoining the sewage works at Wealdstone. The refuse is tipped
into a hopper, raised by an enclosed elevator, and discharged into
circular rotatory screens, passing from these to a travelling picking