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In addition, 756 loads of trade refuse weighing 462 tons
were removed to the Plumstead Destructor and destroyed;
the contractors removed 105 loads and were paid for the
removal by the tradesmen at the rate of 1s. 6d. per load.
£2,929 5s. 8d. was paid for collection, compared with
£2,864 10s. Od. in 1913.
In Eltham the sum of £860 (£894 in 1913) was paid to
the contractors for removal of dust.
The following report on dust collection was made in
April:—
"Enquiries as to mode of dust collection have been
made of all the Metropolitan Boroughs and of 8 suburban
Boroughs, and replies have been received from
all except Lambeth and Westminster.
It appears that in all the Boroughs the dust is directly
collected by the Council with the exception of Stoke
Newington, St. Marylebone, Willesden, and Woolwich.
Four wheel vans are used in all the Boroughs, though,
in three, two wheel carts are used as well.
In only four Boroughs is motor traction employed, and
in two of these—Kensington and Acton—it is only
employed for special work, as for conveying the dust
to the destructor after house-to-house collection has
been made. Hampstead apparently employed motor
traction for a time and gave it up as not being
economical. There is a concensus of opinion that
motor traction is not economical for ordinary houseto-house
collection.
Information as to the mode of covering the vans is not
as clear as is desirable. 19 Boroughs state that tarpaulins
or sheets are used, and 13 that wooden or iron