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During the year, 9,629 loads of refuse were collected,
with an average weight of 1 ton 14 cwts. This figure
shows a yield of 11.7 cwts. per 1,000 of the population
per day.
We have continued in use the 1.7 cubic feet capacity
bin, which is adopted as standard, so far without any
serious objection to its size.
The collection from dwelling-houses and flats in the
district remains a weekly one.
Barking in common with many other London districts
is finding that the erection of block dwellings in the form
of three-storey tenements requires some special method
of dealing with refuse from such premises. So far the
difficulty has been met by the provision at select points
of a stoneware chute, into which residents empty their
refuse through a small trap—the refuse falling into a
fixed storage container at the base of the building,
from which it is collected and loaded into the ordinary
refuse freighter each week. This method is not ideal,
but it is doubtful whether the development of this
type of dwelling has reached the stage where it would
warrant the use of a special collection vehicle or the
employment of men for this purpose only. The
matter is being watched.
(b) Vacant Sites.—The demolition of dwellings arising
from the operations of the Council under the Housing
Act has left in the district, for a temporary period, a
number of cleared sites. As is customary, such sites
have been a source of trouble throughout the year
owing to the deposition of all forms of domestic
rubbish. In built-up areas there is serious difficulty
met by residents in the disposal of domestic articles
which are worn out and bulky. Nothwithstanding the
objection raised by cleansing superintendents to the