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The Engineer reports that the refuse
removed from the City in 1890 consisted of
30.812 cartloads of street sweepings, and
41,821 loads of house and trade refuse: total,
72,633. The Destructor apparatus at Lett's
Wharf has not shown the same satisfactory
results as obtains in some cities, owing, I
believe, to the small quantity of carbonaceous
matter left in domestic dustbins in London,
where coal is dear, as compared with northern
districts, where it is less than half the price.
Respecting the collection of house-refuse,
great benefit has accrued from the extension
of the "skip-system," which has enabled us
to take away most of the public bins from
courts and alleys, where they were found to be
a source of nuisance.
We have now 722 skips in use, and many
more will be wanted.