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Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Water.
The water supply of the Borough is under the supervision and
control of the Metropolitan Water Hoard. No samples of the general
water supply were taken for examination by the Council.
Public Cleansing.
The collection and disposal of house refuse in the Borough is
under the jurisdiction of the Works Committee and the scheme is
administered by the Borough Engineer (Mr. J. E. Swindlehurst, M.A.,
A.M.I.C.E.), to whom I am indebted for the following information.
Dust Collection and Disposal.
The quantity of house and trade refuse collected and sent to shoot
was 31.632 tons, as against 30,327 tons in the previous year, while the
dustmen paid no fewer than 1,722,885 calls, compared with 1,663,475
last year.
Five of the S.D. Dustless Loaders which had reached the end of
their useful life were withdrawn from service, and a further two
obsolescent vehicles kept in reserve as spares, the whole being replaced
by six rear-loading Dennis Machines of 15 cubic yards capacity and
one of 10 cubic yards.
A new shelter for the workmen was erected at the dust shoot on
the L.M.S. Railway siding at Finchley Road.
The Council agreed to join with the other London Boroughs in a
proposed publicity scheme with reference to the health and economic
aspects of the storage and disposal of house refuse.
The net cost of the Dusting Service was £35,261.
Sanitary Inspection.
The Council employs nine male Sanitary Inspectors, and also one
woman Sanitary Inspector, 40 per cent. of whose time is devoted to
the work of a Health Visitor.
The following statements contain particulars required to be submitted
under Article 19 (15) of the Sanitary Officers Order, 1926,
and affords some slight indication of the work performed by the
Sanitary Inspectors. These Inspectors attend at the Offices of the