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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Clapham, 33 from Putney, 142 from Streatham, 33 from Tooting, and
123 from Wandsworth) were received during the year.
These complaints were at once attended to by the inspectors in
the Surveyors' departments.
With regard to the collection of house refuse, no change occurred
in either the Eastern or Western Divisions during the year.
The methods of removal and disposal have been dealt with in
previous reports.
Owing to the number of complaints received and also on account
of the fact that the number of refusals to have dust removed by the
dustmen amounted to several thousands each week, the Public Health
Committee instructed me to make inquiries to ascertain the methods
of removal and disposal of house refuse in the other Boroughs in the
Metropolis and in the provinces.
The following report is a synopsis of the replies received:—
SYNOPSIS OF REPLIES RECEIVED WITH REFERENCE TO
THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
59 replies have been received from various Sanitary Authorities,
28 of these referring to the Metropolis and 31 to the provinces. To
these is to be added the returns for the two divisions of Wandsworth,
making a total of 60 returns received.
In London the removal of house refuse is carried out in 19 cases
by the Sanitary Authority directly, in five wholly by contract, and in
five partly by contract and partly by the Sanitary Authority.
In the provinces the removal and disposal of house refuse is in
all cases carried out by the Sanitary Authority directly.
With regard to the frequency of removal, in London 21
Authorities have a weekly removal, four remove twice a week, and
one three times in the week.
Stepney removes daily in business quarters and two or three
times a week in the residential parts.