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During the year, 9,263 loads of refuse were collected, with an average weight of
1 ton 14 cwts. This figure shows a yield of 11.2 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.
The site of the Mayesbrook Tip is 1,000 feet distant from the nearest occupied
house and was formerly a large ballast pit. It forms part of an area of land now
being laid out as a park so that the filling of this land is work of a valuable character.
Notwithstanding the distance from houses, complaints of fly infestation were
received from householders.
Barking is now regarded as a built-up area and the problem of refuse disposal
will soon become acute unless the Corporation decide upon reclamation of marsh
land, which is considerable in area but which is now set aside for industrial
development.
(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. REFUSE DISPOSAL—PRIVATE TIPS.
There are a number of small tips in the district where landowners are increasing
the level of low-lying land.
These tips are controlled by the provisions of the Essex County Council Act
of 1933 which superseded the Corporation's byelaws, in operation since 1926.
One hundred and forty visits were paid to such tips during the year, chiefly
to offer advice as to the methods of disposal.
At one tip an infestation of crickets was a source of trouble to neighbouring
houses. The nuisance was dealt with by the use of hessian, creosote and an
additional closely packed cover of earth.