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DUST REMOVAL.
25. The collection of dust is weekly throughout the
Borough, with the following exceptions; in Plumstead there
is a collection twice a week from houses in Plumstead Road
and High Street; in Woolwich Parish there is a collection
twice a week at High Street flats (40 houses) and Ropeyard
Rails (8 houses), and a collection two or three times a week
at several large business premises and public buildings
(about 57).
In Woolwich Parish, 7,322 loads of house refuse, and 416
loads of inoffensive trade refuse were removed by direct
labour, and destroyed at the Woolwich Destructor. In the
three preceding years, 5,866, 6,058, and 5,160 loads of house
refuse respectively were removed.
In Plumstead, 18,344 loads of house refuse, weighing
16,142 tons were removed by the Contractors, Messrs Tuff
and Hoar, and destroyed at the Plumstead Destructor.
In addition, 1,080 loads of trade refuse weighing 648 tons
were removed to the Plumstead Destructor and destroyed
(the contractors removed 300 loads and were paid for the
removal by the tradesmen at the rate of 1s. 6d. per load).
£3,043 14s. 4d. was paid for collection in Plumstead, compared
with £2,929 5s. 8d. in 1914.
In Eltham, the sum of £953 4s. Od. (£860 in 1914) was paid
to the contractors for removal of dust. 71 loads of trade
refuse were removed at the tradesmen's cost.
TRADE REFUSE.
26. During the past year there have been 2,076 (1,709
in 1914) receptacles of offensive trade refuse removed. There
are now 24 (12 in 1914) tradesmen on the books from whom