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PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The collection of house refuse and trade refuse has proceeded on
similar lines to those of the previous year. In most parts of the district
there is a weekly collection and in some cases twice weekly where for
special reasons the circumstances require it. Trade refuse is removed
at a charge of 6d. per bin, after the first bin.
There has been no alteration in the charges for the emptying of
cesspools by Council tanks, and an increasing use has been made of this
method of removing the contents, which are disposed of in the public
sewers.
I am indebted to the Surveyor for the information that the provision
of the two additional cells at the Refuse Destructor during 1936 has
permitted his department to cope adequately with the quantity of refuse
collected.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
During the year the chimneys of small factories and workshops
gave little trouble and no complaint was received regarding the few large
stacks in the District. Such complaints as were received were duly dealt
with, and were chiefly concerning domestic boilers.
Twelve complaints about the burning of trade and garden refuse
in close proximity to dwelling houses were received. The Council has
made special arrangements for the disposal not only of trade refuse,
but of garden refuse at the rate of 6d. per bin, and to avoid the unnecessary
pollution of the atmosphere in proximity to dwelling houses
residents are urged in future to take fuller advantage of the facilities
offered, or alternatively, if it cannot be buried, to dry the garden refuse
properly before burning. Books of twenty 6d. tickets can be obtained
from the Treasurer, Council Offices, Purley, or single 6d. tickets can be
had from the foreman scavenger. The Council also undertakes, free of
charge, the collection of waste paper, which if kept clean and parcelled
up is collected apart from the house refuse.
RIVERS AND STREAMS.
All watercourses receive careful supervision, and during the year
it was not found necessary to take any action for nuisances arising
therefrom.
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
There were no extensions of the public sewers during the year.
Estate developers, however, continued to lay sewers on private estates
and some of these were utilised by the owners of existing premises.
The disposal of the sewage of the District is undertaken by the
County Borough of Croydon and the West Kent Main Drainage Board.
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