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72,035 yards of refuse were collected during the year with an average
weight of 5.47 cwts. per yard, the total weight being 19,539 tons and this,
together with 46,587 tons from the Borough of Ilford, was tipped at Jenkins
Lane. The provisions of the Essex County Council Act with regard to tips
continue in force.
dustbin ownership by the corporation
At the end of the year dustbins were being maintained and supplied
in accordance with Section 75(3) of the Public Health Act, 1936 at 5,801
premises.
Owing to the present shortage of materials it is no longer possible to
maintain the Council's standard which required these receptacles to be
galvanised. As a substitute they are now rustproofed with phosphate and
eradication of bed bugs
I am able to say that the improvement in the general standard of cleanliness
to which I referred in my last report still continues. The number of
properties treated with insecticide being 33 of which 18 were under the
Bcontrol of the Corporation.
FLY NUISANCE
Spray treatment of refuse tips, piggeries, stables, and vacant lands was
again carried cut during the summer months.
The experience of the past two seasons convinces me that the operations
Carried out by the mobile spraying unit have been of immense benefit to the
whole of the Borough.
It is hoped to extend this service during 1952.
PREV ENTION OF DAMAGE BY PEST ACT, 1949
rodent controi in sfwers

Test baiting of 70 manholes on the new housing estates was carried out
October. The results showed infestation to a minor degree.
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