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It would appear by a recent letter from the Town Clerk of
Croydon that the number of filter beds laid down are not yet capable
of dealing with the dry weather flow of sewage, so that it is not
surprising that the effluent at times is no better than dilute sewage
SCAVENGING.
Every occupied house in the District is provided with a galvanised
iron dustbin for the reception of house refuse in accordance
with the Beckenham Urban District Council Act, 1903.
The dustbins are emptied once a week and their contents carted
to the Destructor.
Special arrangements exist for the frequent removal of trade
refuse.
The Destructor is situated at the Electricity Works in Churchfields
Road and consists of six cells with back feed.
About 115 loads of refuse are burnt weekly, and the heat is
utilised to generate steam and supply power to the engines of the
Electricity Works.
The burnt clinker is converted into road making material by the
Surveyor's Department.
The weekly collection of house refuse is efficient and satisfactory
during the winter months, but during the summer months
when refuse and vegetable matter decomposes rapidly a bi-weekly
collection is desirable. For a period immediately preceding the War
a bi-weekly collection was in force during the months of July,
August, and September, and was much appreciated by the rate
payers. It is hoped the Council will soon be able to revert to this
practice. It is also desirable that householders should be encouraged
to burn as much of the house refuse as they possibly can. This
practice improves the sanitation of their homes by the daily destruc
tion of decaying matter, and saves the Rates by diminishing the cost
of collection.