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Refuse Separation and Incineration Plant.
No alterations have been made. The plant,
however, continues to attract the attention of outside
Authorities as shown by the large numbers of visits
which have been paid thereto by representatives of the
Local Authorities and their officials.
Earth Closets.
The night soil from the 48 dry earth closets and
privy pits in the district is collected at night in a
tumbler cart and deposited on fields.
Cesspools.
Normally cesspools arc emptied by the Council's
gully emptier at monthly intervals. If occasion should
arise for emptying more frequently, this is done and the
occupier of the premises charged for the work. The
contents of the gully emptier are now discharged down
the manhole at the separation plant ; formerly this
was done down manholes elsewhere in the district and,
I am informed, occasionally gave rise to complaint.
Disinfection.
An interesting experiment was recently carried
out in a large borough in the Home Counties which
demonstrates clearly that terminal disinfection is of
no value as far as the prevention of secondary cases is
concerned. The following is a description of the
details :—
Five full years have now elapsed since routine steam
disinfection was discontinued, and the following table
shows in summary form the results of the last five years
compared with those of the five years immediately
preceding. In the table the results of five years (1925-