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A brickmaker claims that if refuse is covered it does not rot
and therefore cannot be utilised in the making of stock bricks.
I believe this to be entirely incorrect, and I can see no reason why
the brickmaker should not utilise sifted inoffensive refuse for the
covering of crude refuse, and I believe this proposition would be
economical and worthy of his consideration.
Every week one man in the employ of the Council attends to
some few earth-closets in a rural part of the District.
There are only a few fixed ashpits left; the practise for some
years has been to require movable receptables to be provided, and
where any house is found without this provision, the owner is
required to make it good.
Cesspools.
The Council has provided suitable vans and pumps, and undertakes
the emptying of cesspools on the application of householders.
A small charge is made for each emptying, and all cesspools are kept
under observation.
SCHOOLS.
There are 20 Public Elementary Schools in Enfield, 45
departments in all.
The Secondary Schools include the Boys' Grammar School
and the County School for Girls. In addition there are a number
of private establishments.
We have also the Chase Farm Schools belonging to the Edmonton
Board of Guardians, and a Roman Catholic Institution known as
St. Joseph's Home for Destitute Boys.
Periodical examinations of the conditions of the public elementary
schools are made by the Sanitary Inspector, and any defects
found are brought to the notice of the Education Committee and
Managers, with the result that they are usually remedied without
delay.