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PUBLIC CLEANSING
This service is administered under the direction of the
Engineer and Surveyor - Mr. H. M. Collins.
A weekly collection of house refuse is in operation and trade
refuse is collected concurrently as part of the daily routine in the
five collection areas.
There were no alterations in the methods of cesspool emptying
or the disposal of refuse during the year under consideration.
House refuse is disposed of partly by incineration at Kenley
Works and partly by means of controlled tipping. Cesspool contents
are emptied into the sewer.
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The public sewer in Highland Road, Purley was extended by
the Council for a distance of 28 yards to enable the owner of a
private property in Cullesden Road to connect therewith and thus
eliminate cesspool drainage at the property.
In another case where the house was below the level of the
public sewer at the front of the property, the Council made an ex
gratia payment towards the cost of laying a new drain approximately
300 feet long under the Caterham Valley railway line to
connect to the Kenley sewer. A third house was connected to the
Council's sewer in conjunction with the erection of a new property.