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and steam generated in the plant is useful for heating in public
baths and other places the clinker residue being of value for
ballast for roads.
In this connection it might be worth while ascertaining
whether any neighbouring authorities would be interested in
using an incinerator in this town and so reduce the rather
heavy initial outay.
The Garchey Syttein. In recent years the Garchey system
of water-borne disposal of solid refuse from the house has been
tried in this country but it results in extra cost, it adds a
further use of water in considerable quantities and it is doubtful
how far the system is applicable to housing in this country.
A trial plant adapted for a housing estate at Leeds embraces
940 flats. The Garchey plant embodies a large sink in each
flat down which solid refuse contained in paper wrappings is
swilled with water and passes down large diameter pipes into
an underground sump. This sump is a collecting receptacle
for a large number of the dwellings and from these the refuse
is drawn by suction into an incinerator, de-watered and burnt,
the heat generated being used to supply hot water and steam
for a communal laundry. It would appear that combined with
a comprehensive scheme of high density flat buildings it has
certain advantages. It seems more difficult to apply to varied
types of buildings in an ordinary urban development.
Disposal of refuse by straight emptying of bins and the
method of central incineration cannot be considered ideal. It
has many serious drawbacks, dust and dirt, high cost and a
considerable amount of rather objectionable labour are amongst
them. An ideal system would be some form of decomposition
on the site and eventual disposal via the drains, but the nature
of commercial and domestic solid refuse is such that it would
probably be a complicated chemical process. The use of
household incinerators is quite feasible although this still leaves
the problem of disposal of ashes and involves a certain amount
of additional domestic labour.
Physical Training and Recreation.
This important Public Health adjunct is provided for by
the Physical Training and Recreation Act 1937, Section 4 of
which empowers a Local Authority to acquire, lay out, provide
with suitable buildings and otherwise equip and maintain lands
for the purpose of gymnasiums, playing fields, camps, and
societies or organisations having athletic, social or educational
objects. The Authority may also provide, and where necessary
arrange for the training of wardens, teachers, and leaders as
may be deemed requisite. Section 3 of the Act enacts that the