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Refuse Collection and Disposal
A weekly collection service was maintained throughout the
year. The quantity of refuse dealt with at the Refuse Disposal
Works amounted to 20,953 tons.
Householders continue to take advantage of the scheme for
the collection of garden refuse. Two hundred and seventy collections
were made during the year, an increase of seventy over the
previous year.
The sale of salvage recovered from the refuse during the
year realised an income of £17,047, an increase of £1,977 over the
previous year. Tonnages of materials sold were as follows :
Paper 1,377
Non-ferrous metals 3
Rags 34
Tins 616
Bottles 5
Carpet 28
Scrap Iron 103
Sundries 20
Street Cleansing
Towards the end of the year under review, four new Pedestrian
Controlled Electric Street Orderly Trucks came into service. The
introduction of such mechanical aids to street cleansing work has
become a vital necessity to counteract the extreme difficulty in
recruiting suitable manual staff for this service.
The control of weed growth on pavements has also become a
mechanical operation. Spraying of the weeds with a suitable
chemical solution has been found to be an economical and effective
method of dealing with this aspect of street cleansing work. Seventy
miles of pavement were treated in this way during the year.
Fumes and Noise
During 1961, four complaints were received from residents
concerning alleged nuisance from fumes from industrial premises.
Each complaint was investigated by the Public Health Inspectors,
observations were made and steps taken to obtain the co-operation
of the firms concerned with the result that the nuisances were
abated.
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