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Statistics.
The tonnages dealt with during 1937 were:—
House and trade refuse 51,353½ tons.
Street sweepings and gulley refuse 8,291¾ „
A sum of approximately £3,650 was obtained from the sale of by-products
(ashes, breeze, wastepaper, rags, metal and tins).
In addition, approximately £1,135 was received for the removal of trade refuse,
green and fish offal and for the cleansing of petrol interceptors.
The Crown Estate.
In that part of the Borough constituting the "Crown Estate," which comprises
a large number of properties encircling Regent's Park and includes certain premises
in Marylebone Road and Park Road, the responsibility for collection, removal and
disposal of refuse is still in the hands of the Crown authorities.
Offensive Refuse.
Owing to the number of hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, and large private
establishments in the borough, considerable quantities of food refuse (hog wash)
are collected by pig-feeders daily, and close watch is necessary in order to ensure
that the requirements of the bye-laws relating to removal of offensive refuse, as to
hours of removal, provision of proper receptacles, etc., are complied with. During
the year a number of warnings with regard to these matters were issued.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
The total number of complaints received was 2,589, as against 2,531 in 1936.
The majority of these complaints were made by the inspectors themselves, though a
certain number came from other members of the Council's staff, from voluntary
workers of various organisations, occupiers of premises, neighbours and others. In
respect of nuisances, 37 statutory notices were issued, the figure being 22 in 1936.
Of these notices, 29 related to ordinary nuisances (dirt, dampness, etc.), 2 to
verminous rooms, 1 to insufficient water supply, 2 to insufficient water-closet
accommodation, 6 to defective drains, whilst 3 were issued under the Shops
Act, 1934.
In 2,552 cases the nuisances were abated by the persons responsible for their
removal after receipt of a preliminary (intimation) notice advising them of the
existence of the defect.
The number of nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied are set out
in Table 22.