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deposited in the road after the vehicles. The carts have to be
emptied at the destructor by hand.
The system of "totting" —or retention of glass bottles and
other saleable articles as a perquisite by the carters—has been
allowed, or at least connived at.
The destructor chimney has at times caused a nuisance from
smoke, and the cooling of the hot clinkers under water sprays in the
yard behind the Town Hall results from time to time in offensive
fume and dust.
3. Considerable improvement has followed recent actions of
the Committee and the Borough Surveyor's department.
The hoppers at the destructor are being widened and further
work is to be done, so that congestion is avoided. The reorganising
of collections has resulted in the doing of as much work by six carts
as formerly was done by nine; one extra cart will be required in the
winter-time.
On the grounds of economy of cost of handling per ton, the
retention of horse-drawn vehicles has been advised, and the Council
has approved of the purchase of carts of modern, low-loading type.
The question of "totting" is still under consideration.
Dustbins.—To facilitate easy handling by the carters, the
Surveyor has recommended the Committee to advise the use of a
standardised size of bin, 2½ by 1½ feet, preferably of stronger manufacture
than frequently used, with vertical, instead of horizontal,
corrugations, and strengthened at the rim and base.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
There follows a tabular statement of the work of the Sanitary
Inspectors as required by Article 19 of the Sanitary Officers' Order,
1926, during 1927. Two Sanitary Inspectors gave full time service,
with part-time service given by a third.