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HOUSE, TRADE AND OTHER REFUSE REMOVAL.
The City Engineer informs me that the refuse removed from the City in 1911
consisted of 28,113 cartloads of street sweepings and slops, and 50,470 loads of house
and trade refuse, a total of 78,583 loads. The total for the year 1910 was 80,404.
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.
RAILWAY STATIONS.
Periodical inspections were made of the sanitary accommodation provided at the
twenty-five Railway Stations in the City.
In 13 of them the Companies they belong to have been called upon to effect
sanitary improvements. The defects, for the most part, have been due to the lack of
proper cleaning and to defective drains and sanitary fittings. In all cases the necessary
works have been satisfactorily carried out.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
In four cases only, out of 813 notices issued during the year by the District
Inspectors, was it found necessary in consequence of non-compliance, to refer the
matter to the City Solicitor with a view to taking such steps as he deemed necessary to
ensure the required sanitary improvements being carried out.
In each instance, however, the notices were subsequently complied with, without
the matter being taken into Court.
The following are the cases referred to:—
86, Upper Thames Street Offensive fumes and smoke from oil Abated.
engine.
5, Old Swan Lane Defective drains and water closets Works carried out by owner.
1-6, Bridgewater Place Insufficient W.C. accommodation Works completed.
20, Fenchurch Street W.C. constructed in contravention W.C. removed.
of Bye-laws.
SUMMER FLUSHING OF COURTS.
There are 266 courts and narrow passages throughout the City which were
regularly flushed during the summer months under the direction of the City Engineer,
who informs me that in this service and the flushing of the main streets, no less than