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Baiting of Sewers
Under the control of the Rodent Officer directing five teams,
each of 1 Rodent Operative as supervisor and 2 workmen drawn
from the Borough Engineer and Planning Officer's Area Depots as
assistants, baiting of sewers was carried out in May to 1,438 sewer
manholes out of a total of 3,920. The pre-baiting and poisoning
method was employed and the bait used was zinc phosphide. A
repeat treatment of direct poisoning with fluoracetamide (1081) was
carried out in November.
Fouling of Pavements, etc., by Dogs
Warning notices are fixed to lamp-posts in areas where complaints
have been received. When it is considered that the warning
has been fully noted they are then transferred to another site.
Scavenging and Refuse Disposal, etc.
The collection of refuse and the conduct of Public Conveniences
in Greenwich are under the control of the Borough Engineer and
Planning Officer who has kindly supplied me with the following
information:—
"Street Cleansing
There are 250 miles of roads in the Borough which were cleansed
at the following frequencies:—
at least once daily 9 %
three times weekly 21 %
twice weekly 70 %
One hundred and one street sweepers were employed and, in
addition, a mechanical sweeper and sprinkler was used to sweep the
main traffic roads and shopping streets.
There are 15,100 street gullies which were each cleansed entirely
by mechanical means at four-monthly intervals.
Refuse Collection
Some 61,850 tons of refuse were collected from 76,560 dustbins
and 2,830 bulk containers.
Collection was generally weekly, but was more frequent at
certain blocks of flats and other premises.
A service increasingly used by residents in the Borough was the
collection and disposal, without charge, of unwanted household
effects. More than 6,000 special collections were made.
A new service is the disposal of unwanted private cars. During
the year the service, operating from the Council depots at Tunnel
Avenue and White Hart Road, received and disposed of 1,500 of
these vehicles which resulted in a recovery of 560 tons of scrap
metal.