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Removal of House and Trade Refuse.
House refuse is collected weekly and removed by S.D.
freighters to the Council's destructor situated at the Sewage
Disposal Works. In the early summer a number of flat
dwellers complained that a nuisance arose from putrifying
material in their dustbins which, as a rule, are placed in
close proximity to their doors or windows, and on this
account the Council decided to make a collection twice
weekly from a number of flats in the Borough.
Trade refuse is collected on payment.
Schools.
In a number of the Council's schools improvements
have been carried out in the urinals and water closets, and
representations have been made to the managers of certain
non-provided schools to carry out some much needed improvements.
The arrangements for the supply of drinking water are
gradually being improved and modern fountains are being
installed.
Swimming Baths and Pools.
There is an indoor bath, with slipper baths, situated at
Squires Lane, and there are two open air pools on the Glebe
Land.
The indoor bath was opened in 1915 and is 75 feet long
by 25 feet wide. There is adequate dressing accommodation,
and during the winter months the water and the hall are
heated. Purification of the water is carried out by filtration,
aeration, and chlorination. The filtration plant is barely
adequate, and the turnover is not sufficiently frequent. A
new filtration plant is being installed during the current year,
and this will ensure that the water will attain a high degree
of bacterial purity. *
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