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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Refuse Removal and Disposal
The collection of house and trade refuse is carried out by the
Borough Engineer's Department, a weekly collection being the rule
The tonnage collected in 1938 is shown below
Loads Tons
Container System 24,115 42,191
Freighters 2,603 2,798
Other Vehicles 1,004 1,890
Totals 27,722 46,879
The refuse is disposed of at the Council's Destructors situated
at Molesworth Street, Lewisham, and Home Park, Sydenham, from
a contractor's wharf by barge or deposited on shoots in the Borough
The following are the figures for 1938:—
Tons
Home Park Destructor 12,137
Molesworth Street Destructor 12,396
Barged away 22,870
Shoots 485
Total 47,888
The figures for disposal include trade refuse delivered by tradesmen
to the Council's dust destructors, and refuse collected from the
open-air market and street traders
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough
The work of the Sanitary Inspectors is summarised in the
following statement : —
Inspections :
On complaint 1,664
After Infectious Disease 1,064
Notice from Builder 845
Other Inspections 5,684
Re-inspections 8,497
New Dwellings, for Water Certificates —
Notices :
Number of Intimation Notices Served 1,628
Number of Statutory Notices Served 328