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HOUSE REFUSE DISPOSAL.
Edmonton does not possess a destructor; I hope that it will before long.
I have recorded how unsatisfactory the collection was during 1917. In
January, 1918, 65 complaints were received. The Clerk was instructed to
write E. Knifton that unless he carried out the terms of the contract, the
Council would put into operation the penalty clause. The refuse-shoot was
changed in February from Silver Street, beyond Weir Hall, to the brickfields
at Bush Hill Park East. In the interim, the refuse was discharged into
Tottenham.
In February 50 complaints, in March 26 and in April 17 were received.
In April a farmer of Bush Hill Park was served with a notice for receiving
refuse from London and depositing it on land in Park Avenue.
As there was increasing difficulty of getting dustbins, in May the Council
decided to get some for the convenience of landlords.
A sub-committee of the Public Health Committee was appointed on June
5th to consider the collection by the Council itself. On that date the Inspector
reported large accumulation in the back yards. At mid-summer, owing to
complaints, Mr. Cornish closed off the brickfields for deposit of refuse, so in
July the Council waived this clause of the contract requiring the contractor to
find his own shoot, and Mr. Knifton was allowed to use the old place at our
sewage farm, if he kept the sleeper road in repair.
In August it was suggested at a Council meeting that the collection be
once a fortnight instead of once a week. Fortunately this idea was not
adopted.
On 24th September the contract with E. Knifton was renewed for one
year at a cost of £3,150 subject to increase of wages or bonus to workers,
Council to find the shoot. The price for the previous year was £2,850.
At the end of October a Bush Hill Park resident complained to the Local
Government Board about the non-collection of dust. The Board forwarded
this complaint to my Council for investigation.
In December, on the suggestion of the Chief Inspector, the refuse was shot
on the Great Eastern Railway's land in Park Road, there to be covered up by
clinkers from the camp in Pymmes Park close by. This is not a suitable, nor
desirable place for the purpose.
WATER SUPPLY.
On January 28th, the Council received the report of Councillor W. D.
Cornish, their representative, on the Lea Conservancy Board. It reviewed