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Offal.
Various classes of offal, e.g., fish and green offal, and refuse from petrol interceptors
at garages, are collected by the Council, a charge being made for these
services and for the removal of certain trade refuse. Fish offal is sold to a contractor,
other offal being treated in the same way as street sweepings.
Statistics.
The tonnages dealt with during 1938 were:-
House and trade refuse 49,943 tons.
Street sweepings and gulley refuse 8,115¼ ,,
A sum of approximately £2,444 was obtained from the sale of by-products
(ashes, breeze, wastepaper, rags, metal and tins).
In addition, approximately £1,159 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 (hogwash)
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.
Complaints.
The total number of complaints received was 2,291, as against 2,589 in 1937.
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.
Intimation Notices.
In 2,231 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.
Statutory Notices.
Statutory notices were issued in 60 instances. Of these notices, 37 related to
ordinary nuisances (dirt, dampness, etc.), 4 to verminous rooms, 6 to insufficient
water-closet accommodation, 2 to defective drains, 8 to inadequate staircase lighting
and 3 to rat infestations. The number of statutory notices served in 1937 was 37.
Legal Proceedings.
In no case was it found necessary to institute proceedings in court for failure
to comply with statutory notices to abate nuisances.
Details of the various nuisances detected and remedied, to the total number of
4,737, are set out in Table 26.