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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
DISTRICT.
18. This part of the report, which has been largely prepared
by your Chief Sanitary Inspector, deals with the work
(excepting food inspection) of the District Inspectors and the
Lady Sanitary Inspector.
19. Closet Accommodation. In outlying parts of the
Borough where the sewers are not within the statutory distance
of the houses, it is still necessary to resort to the temporary
expedient of earth closets and cesspools for the disposal
of the drainage. The number of earth closets in the
Borough is very small. Under the provisions of Section 30
of the Public Health (London) Act, the Council undertake the
emptying of cesspools, which number 22, and the cleansing
of earth closets. For the emptying of cesspools the Works
Department has an equipment of tank carts and pumps, and
where necessary the work is carried out during the night time.
20. Scavenging. Removal of House Refuse. The system for
the removal of house refuse continued as in the previous year
up to the 1st September, on which date the Contractors,
Messrs. Tuff & Hoar, Ltd., discontinued the removal of house
refuse in Eltham, this work being then undertaken by the
Borough Council and carried out by direct labour under the
supervision of the Borough Engineer. The arrangements
therefore at present are:—house refuse is collected in the
Parish of Plumstead by the contractors, Messrs. Tuff & Hoar,
Ltd., and in the parishes of Woolwich and Eltham, by the
Borough Council. In Plumstead 15,855 loads, in Woolwich,
7,177 loads, and in Eltham, 5,638 loads (estimated) were
collected and disposed of. The refuse in Woolwich and Plumstead
is taken to the Council's destructor, but the Eltham
refuse is still being disposed of by tipping. The total cost