View report page

13
Scavenging.—House refuse is collected weekly in the Parishes of
Ashtead, Banstead, Cheam, Cobham, Cuddington and Ewell. The work is
done in each Parish by a contractor, and the refuse is deposited in tips.
Complaints were received in 1923 of nuisance arising from the site on
which the Cheam house refuse was being deposited, and the contractor
eventually ngreed to erect a pulveriser on another site, provided that he was
given the contract for the collection of the Banstead and Cheam house
refuse for a term of years. Aftar considerable delay the plant was erected,
but the method of disposal continued to be unsatisfactory, and the Council
have under consideration the question of adopting some other method.
The houses generally are provided with covered movable ash-bins.
The District Council empty the cesspools and cleanse the tub-closets in
the Parish of Banstead, under the supervision of Mr. Wooldridge, the
Banitary Inspector. Numerous complaints were received from time to
time of nuisances from overflow of cesspools, as many of them fill
very rapidly and the pumping plant was unable to cope with the work
at times of heavy rain. This trouble has been to a great extent relieved by
the purchase of a Dennis Vacuum Cesspool Emptier, of 750 gallons capacity,
in March, 1925. Great difficulty is also experienced in disposing of the
sewage, owing to the opposition raised to the use of any of the sites selected
by the Council.
The District Council also empty the cesspools in the parts of the Parish
of Cuddington for which sewers are not available.

Bye-laws.—On several occasions action was taken under the Bye-laws
with respect to tents, vans, sheds, etc., to procure the removal of encampments
of gipsies, which were without proper water supply and sanitary