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The Council has made arrangements with the contractor for the
substitution of motor vehicles in place of horse-drawn waggons for the removal of
house and trade refuse. Two horse-drawn vehicles are retained for use in streets
where large motor vehicles would be inconvenient and in streets congested with
market traffic.
The collection of house refuse from the main streets is now completed by
9 a.m., the householders being required to put the bins on the kerb of the footway
in front of their premises between the hours of 6 and 8 a.m.
This earlier daily collection has worked well.
In a very large majority of the houses in the Borough, the old large fixed
ashpits have been replaced by movable sanitary ashbins.
The number of notices served for the absence of, or defective ashbins was 58
At the request of a number of occupiers in Upper Bedford Place, arrangements
were made with the Contractor for the daily removal of house refuse from the
houses in that thoroughfare. Notices requiring the refuse to be placed on the kerb
in properly covered receptacles between the hours of 6 and 8 a.m. daily were served
on the occupiers and the arrangement came into operation on Tuesday, the 17th
January, 1928.
In October, 1927, a leaflet on the subject of the removal of house refuse was
prepared and distributed throughout the Borough.
The following is a copy of the leaflet: —
THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGII OF HOLBORN.
Removal of House Refuse.
To the occupiers of premises in Holborn.
If you want health, economy and efficiency:—
Don't provide more refuse than is absolutely necessary; burn as much as possible.
Don't put in your dust bin any liquids whatsoever; pour these down the drain.
Don't pack your dust bin tight; a tightly packed bin has to be knocked hard to empty it.
Don't keep the dustmen waiting; put the bin in a place easy for the dustmen to get it.
Wrap up wet refuse in paper; this is hygienic, prevents rust and makes emptying easier.
It is in your interest to make the collection and emptying of the bins as easy and
speedy as possible.
In all streets where there is a daily morning collection, the refuse must be placed on
the kerb, outside the houses, in small properly covered metal ashbins between 6 and 8 o'clock
every morning (Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and Bank Holidays excepted). The
ashbin must have one or more suitable handles and cover, and not hold more than two cubic
feet.
C. W. HUTT, m.d., d.p.h.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall,
High Holborn, W.C. 1.
October, 1927.
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