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Council approved a scheme for the erection of suitable plant at the dock, together
with other necessary ancillary works, such as foundations, pits, paving, etc. This
plant consisted of six electrically operated elevators, enclosed in two housings of
three elevators each, so that the loads of refuse discharged by the collecting vehicles
into receiving hoppers could be taken up to the required height and dropped direct
into the hold of the barge alongside the dock. The elevators are constructed of
steel plate3 and the complete plant was designed to deal with approximately
120 tons of refuse per hour. The total cost of the plant and necessary ancillary
works as mentioned above was £9,607.
Erection was completed and the plant officially opened by His Worship the Mayor
on the 19th September and the centralisation of refuse disposal through the plant
commenced on the 24th September. The plant has proved quite capable of dealing
with the City's output of approximately 100,000 tons of refuse per annum,
and one immediate effect of the centralisation was a saving in barging costs of
1s. 3d. per ton on some 60,000 tons.
Inspection at Refuse Dumps.—During the year the Council appointed a
Supervisor of Refuse Disposal, whose duties include not only the supervision of the
plant at Grosvenor Dock, but periodic inspections of the two contractors' dumps to
which the City's refuse is taken, in order to ensure that the contractors are conforming
with the Ministry of Health's precautions regarding "Controlled Tipping" and
all other Acts and local by-laws relating thereto.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
The following table shows in detail matters relating to the
general sanitary condition of the City. The work of the district
sanitary inspectors is performed under several main headings: inspection
of nuisances and other insanitary conditions, whether on complaint or
otherwise; supervision of all new sanitary fittings and drainage in old
and new buildings, which includes reporting on plans of proposed sanitary
construction in respect of requirements laid down in the by-laws under
the Metropolis Management Acts and the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, duties connected with housing and infectious disease, and others
relating to the sanitary conditions of the City. The special housing
survey authorized under the Housing Act, 1930, in which three of the
Council's permanent inspectors as well as five temporary inspectors were
engaged is referred to elsewhere.