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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.
Street Gullies
There are 15,100 street gullies which were cleansed entirely by
mechanical means three times a year.
Refuse Collection
Some 61,580 tons of refuse were collected from 76,920 dustbins
and 3,110 bulk containers.
Collection was generally weekly but was more frequent at certain
blocks of flats and other premises.
The number of requests for special collections of unwanted
furniture and other bulky items continued to rise and some 7,400
requests were dealt with in the year.
Unwanted Cars
Four hundred and thirty unwanted cars were received at the
Council's depots and 650 were collected.
In addition, 250 abandoned and derelict cars were cleared from
the roads.
Scrap metal recovered amounted to some 490 tons.
Public Conveniences
There are 29 conveniences for men and a similar number for
women. In all of them water closets are available without charge
and, wherever practicable, free washing facilities are provided with
paper towels".
Flies and Mosquitoes
During the year 42 complaints of flies were received, resulting
in treatments being carried out to 70 rooms and 21 external areas.
On request from the Borough and Greater London Council
Housing Departments, dust chutes and containers in the multistorey flats are treated with Gammexane.