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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 aslibins 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.f.h.,
Medical Officer of Health,
Town Hall,
High Holborn, W.O. 1.
October, 1927.
From time to time early morning inspections of the main streets are made
to ensure that the removal of refuse is being efficiently earned out. The
commoner breaches of the by-laws and regulations governing the daily removal
of house refuse are, (i) the deposit of bins on the kerb in front of houses without
proper covers, (ii) the deposit of refuse on the kerb in receptacles that, apart from
the covers, do not comply with the by-laws. Such receptacles are of various
types, including wooden and cardboard boxes, sacks, and at times paper parcels.
The Inspectors concerned draw the attention of the occupiers of houses to these
irregularities, and where necessary, notices of breach of the by-la,ws are served.
It is often impracticable, however, to ascertain who deposits refuse on the kerb
in cardboard boxes and paper parcels. Moreover, in many houses where wooden
boxes are used proper sanitary bins are provided by the owner, but the occupiers
use boxes for their own convenience.
House refuse removed from the Borough is taken first to the Contractor's depot where
it is " forked " over for the extraction of paper, straw and other combustible matter, which
is at once destroyed by burning. In the course of the " forking " parts of the refuse are
salvaged, e.g., tin cans, and other metal articles, bottles, glass, rags and bones. The
remaining refuse, including cinders directly from household refuse, is loaded into barges
and conveyed to dumps on brickfields, for use in brickmaking. The " forking " at the
Contractor's depot is carried out immediately on delivery there of the refuse and there is a
regular daily barging so that undue accumulation of Holborn refuse or nuisances arising
therefrom are avoided. The refuse taken to the brickfields remains for about three years
before use; it is then sifted and separated into fine ash, breeze and hard core. The fine
ash and breeze are used in connection with the brickmaking industry and the hard core is
used for road making or for making up the land of the brick fields which, owing to its
marshy nature shows frequent subsidence. The dumps are nearly a mile away from the
nearest houses and it has not been found that they give rise to any nuisance.
Removal of Manure.
The removal of manure from the various mews in the Borough was
satisfactorily carried out during the year. Again no complaint was received.
Sanitary Inspection of the District, including Premises and Occupations which can he
controlled by By-Laws and Regulations.
In addition to my inspections, the Sanitary Inspectors made 21,715 various
inspections and visits as set out in the following table. Each inspection frequently
covers a number of different sanitary matters.
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