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House Refuse Disposal. Edmonton does not possess a destructor'.
During the first three months of the year the house refuse was shot on the
brickfields of Mr. Piggott, north of Bury Street, for which no payment was
received. The tender of Mr. S. South for the collection of house refuse, for the
year ending September 30th, 1915, at the price of £1,395 was accepted.
Brickfields.—In January the Sanitary Committee drew the attention of
the owners to many complaints received of nuisances arising from the burning
of papers and rubbish and calling on them to discontinue the practice.
Two owners attended the Committee on 4th March to state their views
thereon, and expressed the hope that nothing would be done to restrict the
amount of employment given on their works. In June a petition was presented
from about sixty residents of Bush Hill Park, and the owners complained of
were again warned that burning of this refuse must not take place. Since a
visit to the brickfields in June by the Chairman of the Sanitary Committee, the
Chief Sanitary Inspector and myself, no further complaints have been received.
Letters were then sent to the offenders that burning of this refuse must
not take place in future. In November the Chairman of the Sanitary Committee
and the Chief Inspector were asked to interview Mr. Pigott re his offer
of sixpence per load for the dustbin contents, and to try and arrange with him,
terms for the screening and removal of the old rubbish heap on the farm, but
he declined the business. So now all our house refuse is tipped on the Council's
sewage farm.
ROADS.
The following private streets have been made up during the year under the
1892 Act:—Abbey Road (Edmonton portion) and Church Lane (part of)—a
total length of 371 yards taken over for future maintenance at the public
expense.
During the past year the tar dressing of the roads has been considerably
extended, which has assisted to mitigate the dust nuisance and make the houses
on either side of the roads more habitable.
The portion of Lower Fore Street extending from Bridge Road to the highlevel
station and the low-level crossing has been renamed "The Broadway."
A great improvement has been made here (1) by the setting back of the fence at
the corner of Bridge Road and the adaptation of " Rhine House" for the
Edmonton show-rooms of the Tottenham District Light Heat and Power Co.
(2) the rounding off of the waste piece resulting from the culverting of Salmon's
Brook, which land has been planted with shrubs.