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Scavenging.— In the area of the old Borough of Ealing and
in the area of Hanwell scavenging is carried out directly by the
Council, the house refuse being transported to two destructors at
South Ealing and at Hanwell. The Hanwell destructor during the
year was extended and its capacity doubled so that it could deal
adequately with the refuse collected.
Scavenging at Greenford and at Northolt has been carried out
by private contractors but steps are being taken to arrange for the
whole of these two areas coming within the general scheme of
scavenging in operation in the rest of the district. The destructor
works at South Ealing are now being taxed to their uttermost
and extensions are called for. The purchase by the Works Committee
of the site of the old Electricity Works will provide sufficient
space for this extension to be carried out in the near future.
Smoke Abatement.— As there are very few factories in the
Borough it is seldom that any action is called for in abating nuisance
from smoke. During the year complaints were made regarding
three small factory chimneys, but representations to the owners
brought about immediate improvement which has been maintained.
Premises and Occupations which can be controlled by
Byelaws and Regulations. -There are no common lodging-houses
in the Borough and there are no Byelaws with respect to houses
let-in-lodgings.
There are only two offensive trades carried on in the Borough,
that of fish-frying which is conducted in 19 separate premises,
and that of tallow inelter, which is carried on at a factory in the
Greenford Ward. The tallow factory continues to be conducted
in such a manner as to reduce offensive odours to a minimum.
Schools.— The Sanitary Inspectors make a thorough examination
each year, during the vacation, of all public elementary
and private schools and on their reports steps are taken to remedy
any defects found.
In the control of infectious disease the routine weekly reports
of the absentees on account of non-notifiable infectious diseases,
supplied by the head-teachers to the Medical Officer of Health,