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6. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
(a) Storage, Collection and Disposal.—The collection and disposal of domestic
refuse is controlled by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor.
The Corporation have provided hygienic collection vehicles and taken steps to
prevent undue exposure during disposal of the rubbish at the tips, but we still have
the problem of unsatisfactory storage at the house.
By the operation of the Barking Corporation Act, which came into force at July,
1933, a standard type of dustbin is being brought gradually into general use.
During the year, 8,556 loads of refuse were collected, with an average weight of
1 ton 14 cwts. This figure shows a yield of 11.5 cwts. per 1,000 of the population per
day.
A charge of five shillings per load is made for the removal of trade refuse, but no
charge is made for the use of the public tips by tradesmen who make their own provision
for transport.
The refuse tips at Mayesbrook and Jenkins Lane have continued in use during
the year.
Now that Barking is becoming such an important town, and so much of the land
is now built on, tipping requires to be a more scientific operation than it need otherwise
be, and, so long as we have tips in or near the centre of the town, "controlled tipping"
is the only form of refuse disposal which we, as a Public Health Department, can advise.
I am glad to be able to say that during the year the Corporation tips have been kept
in a better condition than formerly.
(b) Street Cleansing.—The streets of the town are kept in a satisfactory state.
As you know, I hold the opinion that street gullies should be emptied and cleansed
by mechanical means.
7. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
(a) Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
(1) Inspection of Dwelling-Houses.
Total Houses Inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts 3,125
Total Number of Inspections made 11,710
Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 912
After Infectious Disease 924
Defects Found 10,836
Notices Served (Preliminary) 2,614
Re-inspections re Notices Served 4,439
Inspection of Works in Progress 809