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REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.—During the year the
weekly collection of house refuse has been maintained, and the daily
collection has again been extended, while Lodging Houses, Schools,
and other large establishments are cleared twice or three times a
week.
The refuse collected during the year consisted of
Loads.
House Refuse 31602
Trade ,, 928
Garden ,, 1ll
32,641
this was tipped
At Factory Lane 18,105
At various brick yards 9,596
At Pavvson's Road and other places to raise low-lying
ground for allotments and other gardens 4,940
32,641
In May last the Destructor at Factory Lane was completed.
The plant was designed by the Borough Engineer, and consists of
ten furnaces, a Babcock and Wilcox boiler, and an engine for producing
the necessary forced draught and sufficient electrical energy
for lighting the works. It is estimated that when working at its
capacity the destructor can deal with about 500 tons of refuse per
week, or 25,000 tons per annum. At present only about 280 tons
per week are dealt with at this depot, as it is found more economical
to deal with the refuse from the northern part of the borough by
some other means.
Attached to the destructor is a chamber in which diseased meat
or the carcases of horses can be cremated.