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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF
STOKE NEWINGTON.
SCAVENGING.
1. The Borough Destructor is situated at the rear of the
Town Hall, and household refuse is brought to it in horse-drawn
vehicles. The two furnaces are fed by refuse alone, and raise steam
for an auxiliary electrical plant; for the Milton Road washhouses
and slipper baths; for the steam disinfector, towel laundry and
cleansing centre for school children; and for the heating of the
Town Hall and its auxiliary offices in adjacent buildings.
The larger tins are removed before burning, pressed into bales,
and sold. Clean tins are sorted and separately sold. The clinker
coming from the furnace is of no use, and is removed to a shoot by
contract.
Street refuse is carted direct out of the Borough to a dump.
2. The system and supervision of refuse collection and
destruction has in the past years been subjected to vigorous and,
it must be admitted, justifiable criticism.
Insufficient hopper space at the destructor and ill-devised
organising of the carters' collecting hours and districts resulted in
congestion at the destructor—producing a nuisance from stench,
in summer-time, and waste of men's time.
The carts are high, of an old-fashioned design, and require
ladders for filling. When filled, they have often been improperly
covered by the carters, with great offence resulting from the blowing
of dust over passers-by, and frequently leaving a trail of refuse