[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George] page 37

Hanover Square 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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QUESTIONS—continued.	REPLIES—continued.
	the removal of house refuse; the problem to be solved is how best to ultimately dispose of it.
(a) The best kind of portable receptacle for use by householders?	(a) Galvanized iron bins provided with close fitting covers, easily removable.
(b) The best contrived vehicle for the conveyance of house refuse through the streets, so as to avoid nuisance ?	(b) Speaking generally, perhaps the best description of vehicle would be a covered four-wheeled van of approved design, and preferably a motor.
(2) The best method of cleansing and sprinkling the roads?	(2) Undoubtedly the best method of cleansing streets is by thoroughly washing them by an abundant use of water supplied by hose and hydrant. Such a system, however, is rendered almost impracticable in consequence of the restriction of the London County Council who (except, I believe, in one district of London) prohibit the washings of the streets entering the sewers. Failing washing by water, the only other alternative is the one at present generally adopted throughout the metropolis, namely, sweeping the roads by hand or horse brooms, and removing the sweepings by carts to be subsequently disposed of. A very costly process. With regard to street watering, the present methodof sprinkling by water carts is perhaps as good as any, having regard to the excessive and ever increasing traffic in the London streets.
(3) The best means of preventing, so far as possible, the casting of objectionable litter or dangerous substances in the streets ?	(3) By having the existing police regulations and additional, if necessary, strictly enforced.