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made and seriously considered as to whether or not this Council
ought to undertake the collection of this material themselves in
order to have it dealt with in as satisfactory a manner as possible.
Up to the present the supporters of the view that the Municipality
should not undertake this work, but should require the private
firms to carry out this work more satisfactorily have, I am pleased
to say, prevailed, and with the object of having more intimate
control over the collection, but without entering upon the business
themselves, a contract has been entered into by the Council with
Messrs. Hempleman and Sons, of West Ham, for the collection
and removal of this material-in a perfectly inoffensive and entirely
satisfactory manner at a fixed charge, the payment being made by
the offal producers themselves direct to Messrs. Hempleman.
The method adopted is that one or more metal drums with lids
are left at the premises of each person entering into the scheme,
in which they are to place their offensive material; Messrs.
Hempleman's van then calls at frequent, regular, and stated times
for these drums, the lid is securely fastened down upon a rubber
seating by means of a strong spring lever, the whole tin and its
contents are lifted bodily into the van and conveyed away
unopened; a clean drum is left at the premises in exchange for
each one removed. Since the adoption of this scheme there have
been no complaints whatever as to nuisance occasioned by the
collection of this material, which complaints were of very frequent
occurrence previously. Having placed this model method of
collection at the disposal of all makers of offensive refuse in the
Borough, the Council were then in a position to bring pressure
to bear upon all other persons making, storing, or collecting and
removing this material in an improper manner; this pressure has
had the very satisfactory result of causing competing firms to