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I suggest that scrupulously clean, pleasantly attractive public conveniences providing
all facilities completely free of charge would not only be ideal on public health
grounds and a credit to the borough, but would also be less liable to attract vandalism.
PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
The Middlesex County Council as the licensing authority, requested the inspection
of the sanitary accommodation of 22 places of public entertainment in the Borough.
Two defects were found and remedied after notice to the responsible person, and a
report was submitted to the County Council.
Public houses and places of entertainment in which food is sold or where rooms
are used for the preparation of food are subject to inspection in accordance with the
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960.
REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
The refuse collection and disposal service is under the control of the Borough
Engineer & Surveyor. The collection of refuse, which is carried out on behalf of the
Council by a contractor, will be done by direct labour as from the 1st April, 1964,
as a result of a Council decision taken in 1962.
Disposal of refuse is accomplished by incineration in a destructor which is situated
on land adjacent to the Sewage Disposal Works; the plant is obsolete and in need of
extensive alteration. The destructor caused considerable nuisance from smoke and
the Council intend to abandon this method of refuse disposal early in 1964.
The disposal area is under the routine general surveillance of the Public Health
Department. Measures adopted to limit rat and insect infestations are described in
the relevant paragraphs.
The disuse of the Sewage Disposal Works land, which is of undulating formation,
constitutes a large area and this, if levelled and landscaped, could provide a fine open
space. As a means of achieving this and at the same time providing an alternative
means of refuse disposal, it was decided to level some 15 acres by infilling with house
refuse. The scheme was approved by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
in December, 1962, subject to conditions to prevent the risk of nuisance. In order
to achieve adequate control over pest infestation a man is to be engaged in full-time
employment solely to deal with all forms of pest control and maintenance of the tip
in a sanitary condition.
It is anticipated that tipping of refuse will commence in the Spring of 1964.
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