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REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE.
At the end of the year the Council possessed the following
vehicles for the collection and disposal of refuse:—
8 "S.D." Freighters.
1 Tuke and Bell Barrier Type Petrol Vehicle.
A weekly collection of household refuse was made throughout
the District, and market refuse was collected every Saturday
evening from the Market in Enfield Town.
During the course of the year it became apparent that only a
limited time remained during which refuse could be disposed of at
Brown's brickfields, and the Council considered how refuse was to be
disposed of in the future.
A Sub-Committee was set up to consider the matter.
The purchase of alternative sites within the District for controlled
tipping, the conveying of refuse out of the District for controlled
tipping, its removal from the District by rail and barge, or
alternatively the erection of a Destructor were considered.
The Committee determined that the problem of disposal of
refuse should best be met by the erection of a Destructor, and
Destructors at the following places were visited and inspected by
various Members of the Committee, together with the Medical
Officer of Health and the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Croydon. Wood Green.
Brighton. Walthamstow.
Clacton. Dagenham.
Southgate. Huddersfield.
The Committee also considered a report on the disposal of
refuse in certain towns in Denmark.
After due consideration the Council determined, subject to the
consent of the Minister of Health to the borrowing of the requisite
sum of money, to instal a Woodhall-Duckham Inclined Rotary
Refuse Destructor (Volund Patents), and came to an agreement
subject to the above, whereby the North Metropolitan Electric
Power Supply Company would accept such steam as was generated
from the Destructor for a period of years to be mutually arranged.
During 1935 the Council continued to dispose of refuse at their
gravel pit in Carterhatch Lane. No complaint was received during
the year in connection with the disposal of refuse.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
A full report on this matter is contained in the Report of the
Chief Sanitary Inspector, which will be found at the end of this
Report.