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Farnborough.—Weekly collection under contract with the
Council, the refuse being deposited on suitable fruit grounds.
Hayes.—The Council contract for a weekly collection.
The refuse is deposited on agricultural land.
Keston.—Fortnightly collection made under contract with
the Council, the refuse being disposed of on agricultural land
outside the district.
Knockholt.—No systematic collection in force, the occupiers
burying the refuse in gardens.
Mottingham.—The refuse is collected weekly by contract,
the refuse being used to fill up a disused clay pit.
North Cray.—The house refuse is collected fortnightly by
contract. The refuse is deposited on land and subsequently
used for agricultural purposes.
Orpington.—The house refuse is collected weekly by contract,
and dumped on land to be subsequently used for agricultural
purposes.
St. Mary Cray.—The house refuse is collected weekly by
contract. It is deposited on land and covered with earth.
St. Paul's Cray.—The house refuse is collected weekly by
contract and deposited in a disused brickfield and covered
with earth.
West Wiekham.—A fortnightly collection is carried out
under contract with the Council. The refuse is burnt and
afterwards disposed of for manurial purposes.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
G-enerally speaking, the standard of houses in the District
is fairly good. The defects found consisted mainly of defective
roofs, general dampness and dilapidation. These were chiefly
due to the lack of management and supervision on the part of
the owners; but there are a number of dirty and destructive
tenants. Legal overcrowding was not discovered to any
serious extent.
There still remains, however, a shortage of houses in nearly
every Parish, those mainly affected being Mottingham, Orpington,
St. Mary Cray, Farnborough, Cudham, Keston, Downe,
and West Wiekham.
A real necessity for more houses still exists from two
points of view; firstly to relieve cases of overcrowding, and
secondly to provide alternative accommodation for families
living under unsatisfactory surroundings, which cannot be
properly and effectively dealt with owing to the present lack
of alternative accommodation. The Council are taking all
necessary steps to improve these conditions in every way
possible.