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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 33
Closet Accommodation.
95 per cent, of the water closets in use in this Borough are
modern London County Council pattern, the other five per cent,
being either valve closets or wash-out, with a very small percentage
of long hoppers in old properties.
Scavenging.
The following report has been supplied by the Borough
Engineer :—
Collection and Disposal of House Refuse.
The house refuse is collected under contract. The work is
carried out by five contractors, and a weekly collection is provided
for in the contracts.
The approximate quantity collected for the year ended 31st
January, 1920, was 70,732 tons. This is disposed of partly by the
contractors, and partly by direct labour at the Council's Destructor,
as follows, viz. :—
Tons.
Barge 33,708 or 4.77 per cent.
Rail 15,580 „ 22.0 per cent.
Shoots outside Borough 1,944,, 2.7 Per cent.
Refuse Destructor 19,500 „ 27.6 per cent.
Total 70,732
The above arrangements have proved satisfactory.
Earth Closets.
As far as I know, there are only four earth closets in the
Borough, three at Putney Vale Cemetery, which are cleansed by
the Cemetery staff, and one at Keeper's Cottage, Putney Lower
Common, cleansed by the occupier.
Privies.
I am not aware of any in the Borough.