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The Destructor is being erected by Messrs. Heenan & Froude,
Manchester, at a cost of £9,475, including the Building, Furnaces,
Engine, Dynamo, and Electric Lighting for the Depot, and is being
erected on the Moat House Site.
There are six cells in two units of 3 cells each, each unit
capable of destroying 45 tons of refuse in 24 hours, and evaporating
not less than 1 lb. of water per lb. of refuse destroyed, from and at
212° F.
The steam will be utilised to work a Mortar Mill, Dynamos, and
the Disinfecting Apparatus, and there will be sufficient steam
generated to utilise for other purposes the Council may decide.
A Bathroom has been provided for the Workmen in connection
with the Destructor—a valuable and necessary adjunct—and I trust
good use will be made of the same.
A cottage is also being erected (not included in the above
amount) which will probably be occupied by the Foreman in charge
of the Destructor ; a weighbridge will also be fixed, together with an
office, so that all materials may be weighed and checked.
MEDICAL INSPECTION CF CHILDREN.
Section 13 of the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act,
1907, is as follows:—
1.—The powers and duties of a Local Education Authority
under Part III. of the Education Act, 1902, shall include—
(a) Power to provide for children attending public elementary
schools, vacation schools, vacation classes, play
centres, &c.
(b) The duty to provide for the medical inspection of
children immediately before or at the time of or as soon
as possible after their admission to the public elementary
school, and on such other occasions as the Board of
Education direct, and the power to make such