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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
future about one half of Deephams' sludge will be pumped direct to Beckton.
For certain information in this report I am indebted to the Borough Engineer
and Surveyor.
Public Conveniences
Section 87
Public Health Act 1936
The Council provide 50 public conveniences, including those sited in parks
and open spaces. Staffing, cleansing and maintenance of these conveniences
are the responsibility of the Health Department. Also, by arrangement with
the London Transport Board, conveniences are available for use by the
public at Southgate and Oakwood Underground Stations, while further
additional public facilities are available at two public houses in the borough.
Eleven of the conveniences are in the main fully staffed by attendants. The
remainder receive regular attention from a mobile team of cleaners, or from
part-time cleaners. At the end of the year, arrangements were made to
demolish one of the two conveniences which had been closed because of
damage by vandals.
Refuse Collection and Disposal
Section 72
Public Health Act 1936
Section 51
PublicHealth Act 1961
London Government
Act 1963
Under Section 72 of the Public Health Act 1936 local authorities are
empowered to provide a refuse collection service while Section 51 of the
Public Health Act 1961 enables authorities to provide receptacles for refuse
and litter in public places and to empty these containers. In Enfield, refuse
collection is a function of the Department of the Borough Engineer and
Surveyor, while disposal is undertaken by the Greater London Council under
Schedule 11 of the London Government Act 1963.
Two hundred and fourteen men are employed on refuse collection and 153
on road sweeping. The cleansing fleet consists of 101 vehicles, thirty of which
are pedestrian-controlled street-sweeping vehicles. A ten cubic yard container
collection is provided to service hospitals, schools and commercial premises
where there is considerable volume of refuse.
The Greater London Council's new Edmonton Incineration Plant at Angel
Road became fully operative. This plant, considered to be one of the largest
and most modern of its type in the world, now handles all the refuse from
the Enfield Area. The new large Central Paper Baling Plant at Montagu Road,
Edmonton, was completed and now handles paper salvage from Enfield,
Haringey and Waltham Forest.
Civic Amenities
Act 1967
The Civic Amenities Act 1967 makes provision for the orderly disposal of
disused vehicles, equipment and other rubbish. Under Section 23 of the
Removal of Refuse Regulations 1967, authorities are able to remove anything
other than motor vehicles which have been abandoned on the highway
or land.
I am grateful to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for much of the
information contained in this section of the report.
Clean Air
Smoke Control Areas
Clean Air Act 1956
It has been the policy in Enfield to maintain a continuous smoke control
programme. By this means, the work of adapting fireplaces is fairly
continuous, the financial load is spread evenly over a reasonable period, and
the impact of publicity is not lost between successive Orders. It is encouraging
to report, therefore, that No. 18 Smoke Control Order - withdrawn in 1970 -
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