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SECTION III.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Scavenging.
The collection of house and trade refuse is carried out by
the Borough Surveyor's Department, and a weekly collection is
the rule. Horsed and low-loading motor vehicles are used.
The quantities collected in 1929 were as follows:—
Loads. Tons.
Horsed Vans 14,180 17,965
Carts 7,769 6,221
"S.D." Freighters 7,256 12,109
Motor Lorries 1,546 3,262
Pagefield Containers 1,590 3,097
Totals 32,341 42,654
The refuse is mainly disposed of at the Council's
Destructors situated at Molesworth Street, Lewisham, and Home
Park, Lower Sydenham, whilst smaller quantities are sent away
by train, or deposited on shoots in the Borough. The following
are the figures for 1929:—
Loads. Tons.
Home Park Dust Destructor 11,864 18,464
Molesworth Street „ 13,736 15,880
Trained away 6,421 7,932
Shoots 320 378
32,341 42,654
Sanitary Inspection.
The Sanitary Inspection of the Borough is carried out by
a staff consisting of ten male Inspectors and one female
Inspector.
Seven of the male Inspectors are each responsible for a
particular portion of the Borough, two are engaged in routine
house-to-house inspection over the whole Borough, and the
inspection of restaurants and eating-houses, and one Inspector