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HOUSE, TRADE AND O
THER REFUSE REMOVAL.
The City Engineer informs me that the refuse removed from the City in
1910 consisted of 29,098 cartloads of street sweepings and slops, and
51,306 loads of house and trade refuse, a total of 80,404 loads. The total for
the year 1909 was 80,759. The use of the Destructor was discontinued in
September, 1905, since which date all refuse has been removed by barge from
Lett's Wharf to the Corporation land on Hornchurch Marshes, where it is
dealt with. The horse manure collected from the street orderly bins is not
included in the above, but is dealt with by a contractor, who sells it to market
gardeners, &c.
REMOVAL OF FISH OFFAL.
The contract with Messrs. F. S. Hempleman and Co., which was first entered
into in May, 1906, and has since been extended from year to year, expired on
the 21st May, 1909, and on the recommendation of the City Engineer and
your Medical Officer of Health, was renewed for a further period of twelve
months.
The conditions of the contract require that the contractor shall collect and
remove, free of charge, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 a.m., all fish offal
from the Corporation Markets and fishmongers' shops in the City, to the entire
satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health. Specially constructed air-tight
galvanized iron bins of an approved pattern must be used for the purpose,
and such bins have to be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected before return to
markets and shops.
Since the contract was signed in 1906, the contractor, on my representation,
has undertaken to remove the material during the evening hours instead
of the morning, thus obviating the necessity of offal remaining in the markets
and shops all night.
Prior to the adoption of this system, fish offal was removed by the Corporation's
own officers in the ordinary way as trade refuse, but I am of opinion
that in addition to the saving in cost, the present method is an improvement.
RAILWAY STATIONS.
Periodical inspections were made of the sanitary accommodation provided
at the twenty-five Railway Stations in the City.
In 15 of them the Companies they belong to have been called upon to effect
sanitary improvements thereat. The defects, for the most part, have been due
to the lack of proper cleaning and to defective drains and sanitary fittings. In
each case the necessary works have been satisfactorily carried out.