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Removal of Refuse. -This is in charge of the Highways Department,
whose chief officer is the City Cleansing Surveyor, and the following
particulars are supplied by his courtesy. There is a daily collective of
house refuse, the removal of trade refuse being subject to special arrangements:
100,270 tons of the former were collected during the year and
723 tons of the latter. Refuse, after collection, is disposed of in two
ways; in one it is sent down the river in barges to be finally deposited
on waste land in Essex; in the other it is sorted in a salvage plant at one
of the Council's depots. During 1927, 83,279 tons were sent away in
barges and 10,497 tons were treated at the salvage plant. The remainder
was carted away by various private firms.
Nuisances.—Intimation notices were served in 1,450 instances and 1,512
letters were sent dealing with those notices or kindred matters. Statutory
notices authorised by the sanitary authority numbered 49 and related
to 48 premises. Police court proceedings were taken in 5 instances in
order to enforce compliance with the requirements of statutory notices.
The following are the comparative figures since 1923 :—
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
Intimation Notices 1,373 1,098 980 1,074 1,450
Letters 1,141 1,028 1,592 1,802 1,512
Statutory Notices 38 41 27 43 49
Legal Proceedings 2 2 5 10 5
In the 5 instances of legal proceedings the cases were:—
(1) Dirty, damp and defective state Fined Is. and £1 Is. costs.
of dwelling-house.
(2) Dirty and defective state of Fined 1s. and £1 1s. costs.
dwelling-house.
(3) Overcrowded and illegally occu- Summons adjourned sine die,
pied basement room. the room having been
vacated.
(4) Unventilated state of kitchen, Summons adjourned sine die
bathroom and water-closet on payment of £1 1s. costs,
apartment. the work having been
pleted.
(5) Dirty and damp state of dwell- Summons withdrawn on-
ing-house. ment of £1 Is. costs, the
work having been completed.
Unfit Dwellings and Rooms.—The difficulty in obtaining abatement of
overcrowding, the illegal occupation of underground rooms and unfit
dwellings generally, when housing accommodation is still extremely