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DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE,
There is at present no Dust Destructor in the district.
My Council undertakes a weekly collection of house refuse
with their own plant, excepting in the Mill Hill district,
where the work is done by my Council's Contractor.
Throughout the year only 31 complaints were received at
the Sanitary Office with respect to the non-removal of dust
on the day for collection.
My Council has continued to receive applications from
residents in the Golders Green district asking for the house
refuse to be removed more frequently than once a week.
These applications have been carefully considered, and at present
a more frequent collection has not been decided upon.
The dust collected is very largely delivered at the Railway
Stations and deposited in railway trucks and conveyed to
suitable shoots down the line. Unfortunately it has not been
possible at all times for the dust collected to be disposed of in
this way, and one or two dust shoots have been used in the
district for short periods, which invariably gives rise to
complaints.
Until a Dust Destructor is established the entire abolition
of dust shoots cannot be brought about.
CESSPOOLS, WATER CLOSETS AND PRIVIES.
During the year 35 applications have been received at
the Sanitary Department for cesspools to be emptied at 29
houses which cannot be drained into the main sewer. The
work of emptying the cesspools has been carried out by my
Council's contractor, under the supervision of the Sanitary
Inspector. In the process of emptying these cesspools 121
times, 107,074 gallons of liquid and solid matter have been
removed.