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Public Sanitary Conveniences.—These are under the control of the
City Engineer. There are 41 public conveniences in the City, 22 for
men and 19 for women. Of these, 7 for men and 4 for women are open
both day and night. Free conveniences for both sexes are provided at
all establishments. In addition, there are 28 public urinals for men.
Under the Council's scheme for the modernizing of the public conveniences
in the City, the establishments at the Law Courts (Strand),
Parliament Street and Leicester Square (men's) were dealt with during
the year. The work of reconstructing the women's convenience at
Leicester Square was in progress at the end of the year, and a new men's
convenience to replace an existing urinal in South Bruton Mews was in
course of construction.
Public Cleansing.—This is carried out by a separate department of
the City Council under the Director of Public Cleansing (Mr. H. Ardern,
M.B.E., A.M.I. Mech.E., F.Inst. P.C.), who has supplied the following
notes:—

This figure is a reduction of 2,853 tons on last year and this is probably mainly
due to the changing character of the refuse, which tends to decrease in weight but
increase in volume.
Modernization of Transport.—The four-year programme for the complete
modernization of transport, adopted by the Council in 1933, has been practically
completed and at the end of the year under review thirty-nine Motive Units of
the "Mechanical Horse" type were in commission, nineteen having petrol engines
and twenty being electrically operated. The latter type has proved of great benefit
as most of the refuse collection and clear sing service has to be carried out at night.
As stated in last year's report, the principal asset of these Motive Units is that
they can be employed on all the various services, being coupled to articulated trailers
with suitable bodies for refuse collection, street flushing, gully cleansing, general
transport work, &c.
Refuse Collection by Container System.—The number of premises at which this
system is installed continues to increase. It is undoubtedly the most suitable system
for all premises where large quantities of refuse are produced, being most hygienic
and economic in space and labour. It also has the advantage from the point of