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III. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF STOKE
NEWINGTON
HOUSE REFUSE
The revised system of collection of refuse by the Council's
vehicles has operated satisfactorily during the year. The whole of
the refuse collected in the borough has been conveyed to the Islington
Borough Council's Depot at Ashburton Grove and tipped into
conveyors at that Depot. The refuse is then carried along moving
belts, sorted and automatically tipped into railway wagons, which
are properly trimmed and covered before being dispatched. The
Islington Borough Council is responsible for the deposit of the refuse
into the railway trucks and the prevention of any nuisance or
annoyance at Ashburton Grove Depot and the two shoots in
Hertfordshire.
The mechanical plant engaged on the service is as follows :
3 Scammell 15-h.p. 3-ton M.H. Municipal Type Motive Units.
6 Moving Floor Containers of 12 cub. yards capacity with
rear loading.
1 self-contained 10 cub. yard capacity 30-h.p. Dennis Dust
Van, rear loading on a moving rubber floor.
1 self-contained 15 cub. yard capacity 30-h.p. Dennis Dust
Van, rear loading on a moving rubber floor.
The Scammell containers are horse drawn from house to house
during loading and are then attached to the Scammell Motive
Unit and hauled to Ashburton Grove Depot.
The total weight of house and trade refuse collected in the
borough and conveyed to Ashburton Grove Depot during the year
amounted to 10,962 tons 8 cwt., and payment was made to the
Islington Borough Council for disposal at the rate of 7s. 3d. per ton
in accordance with the terms of the contract.
SANITARY INSPECTION
The following statement contains particulars required to be
submitted under Article 19 of the Sanitary Officers' Order, 1926,
and gives an indication of the work carried out by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year.
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