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SCAVENGING.
Removal of House Refuse.
This work is carried out by the Council's own Staff, a weekly
collection being made throughout the greater part of the District.
Part of the stuff collected is disposed of to brickmakers, and the
remainder taken to the Council's depot at Carterhatch Lane, where
it is levelled and covered with earth.
Every week one man in the employ of the Council attends to
some few earth-closets in a rural part of the District.
CESSPOOLS.
The Council has provided suitable vans and pumps, and undertakes
the emptying of cesspools on the application of Householders,
a small charge being made for each emptying.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS.
There are no Common Lodging Houses or Cellar Dwellings in
the District.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
The Council has now, with the approval of the Local Government
Board, adopted Bye-laws for the control of the following
trades:—
Blood Drier.
Fat Melter or Fat Extractor.
Leather dresser.
Tanner.
Glue Maker.
Size Maker.
Gut Scraper.
Manufacturer of Manure from Fish, Offal, Blood, or other
prutrescible animal matter.
Fish Frier.
Fish Skin Dresser.
Dealer in Rags and Bones.
SCHOOLS.
There are 22 Public Elementary Schools in Enfield, including
a Deaf centre—52 departments in all.
The Secondary Schools include the Boys' Grammar School
and the County School for Girls, also one large and a number of
small private establishments.
There is also the Poor Law School, known as Chase Farm
Schools, and a Roman Catholic Institution known as the St. Joseph's
Home for Destitute Boys.