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Certain legal difficulties have arisen regarding the right of the
Corporation to expend money on the culverting of the main watercourses
and some delay in progressing with that portion of the scheme will result.
(iii) Collection and Disposal of Refuse.—The Borough Engineer has
kindly supplied me with the following information:— Tons
The total amount of refuse collected 40,908
„ „ disposed of by barge 34,859
„ „ „ at Destructor 6,049
Collection of Salvage:—
Weight collected 2,685 tons.
Value £10,440
(iv) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—The following is a summary
of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:—
Houses and premises inspected 16,839
Houses and premises reinspected (works in progress) 27,631
Visits during disinfection 1,096
Houses in which nuisances were detected 3,032
Houses in which nuisances were abated 3,823*
Premises disinfected 589
Premises from which articles only disinfected 83
Articles disinfected 2,642
Premises disinfested for verminous conditions 22
*Includes 1,559 nuisances detected before 1st January, 1948.
Notices served:— Complied
Statutory:— Served with
Public Health Act, 1936 224 144
Housing Act, 1936 78 30
Factories Act, 1937 6 3
Shops Act, 1934 2 2
Provide Dustbin (Ilford Urban District
Council Act) 57 47
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 6 5
Cleanse Water Storage Cistern (Byelaws) 2 —
Cover Water Storage Cistern (Byelaws 5 1
Informal 3,048 2,306
3,428 2,538
In addition to the above, 1,663 notices (163 statutory and 1,500 informal)
served previous to 1st January, 1948, were also complied with.
Complaints.—During the year, 3,237 complaints of nuisances have been
received and investigated.