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Public Cleansing.—The whole of the Borough is scavenged
directly by the Council. House refuse is collected in low loading
covered mechanical vehicles or horse drawn carts and transported
to the two incinerators at South Ealing and Hanwell which deal
adequately with the work they are called upon to perform.
There are no earth closets or privies in the Borough. The
Council undertake the emptying of certain cesspools on payment of
a nominal charge. The sewage is pumped into a tank and afterwards
discharged into the nearest sewer.
The refuse dump belonging to the St. Marylebone Council
and situated in the Northolt Ward continues to be conducted in
a satisfactory manner. All refuse is covered with ashes or earth
shortly after dumping.
The new dump at Yeading, just over the Borough Boundary,
commenced last year, to which refuse from Paddington and other
districts is brought, is conducted on the controlled tipping system.
The covering of the refuse with earth almost immediately after
dumping has proved to be effectual in keeping down any nuisance
from smell and there has been no trouble from fire.
Periodical inspections of these dumps have been made to see
that the dumping is conducted in such a manner as to reduce
nuisance to a minimum.
Smoke Abatement.—It is seldom that action is called for in
abating nuisances from smoke, as there are comparatively few
factories in the Borough with steam-raising plants. Twelve