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inclusion of such articles in the ordinary refuse collection
I advocate strongly such collection as the only solution
to the litter nuisance on vacant sites.
(c) Street Cleansing.—It is with satisfaction we have
noted the considerable improvement effected in the
cleansing of street gullies, and it is for the Council to
decide whether the time has come when similarly, with
regard to street cleansing, the more up-to-date methods
of mechanical sweeping, etc., used by some progressive
authorities, should not at least to some extent supersede
the manual methods employed today.
(7) REFUSE DISPOSAL.
All the refuse collected in the Borough was deposited
at the Corporation tip on the North Bank of the
Roding, near the Kingsbridge Wharf. The methods
employed in the formation of this tip were not at all
times satisfactory, largely owing to the difficulty of
obtaining sufficient and suitable covering material, all
of which had to be imported and paid for. In common
with many other districts in the country and even where
tipping operations were conducted under more favourable
circumstances, we suffered from a serious infestation
of crickets. So far as I am aware, the problem of how
best to deal with a cricket nuisance has not yet been
solved and it is a matter to which entomologists could
usefully conduct research. For the benefit of members
of the Council and other interested persons, I think it
worth while to set out in detail our experience during
the year :—
February.—A complaint was received from owners of
houses near the area of the presence of crickets.
An inspection of the tip was made but there was
no evidence of nuisance from crickets at this time.