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(iii) Fish offal not to be included in collections under paragraph
(i) or (ii) above but to be collected separately at a charge of
£3 3s. Od. per annum for each weekly collection, provided not
more than two bins shall be collected at each collection for such
charge.
(iv) A quarterly charge (payable in advance) of 6s. Od. per
bin for the first and 4s. Od. per bin for each subsequent bin, to be
made for bins in excess of one bin collected at the normal weekly
collection under paragraph (i) above.
(v) A charge of 6d. per bin to be made for each bin in excess
of two bins collected at any additional collection under paragraph
(ii) above or at any collection of fish offal under paragraph (iii)
above.
(vi) Refuse to be delivered direct to the destructors, with the
consent of the Surveyor, for disposal by the Council at a charge at
the rate of 6s. 8d. per ton of refuse so delivered.
Refuse Disposal.
The Annual Report for 1937 contained an account of the
particulars of the treatment of house refuse by the hyganic process
and it was reported that at their meeting on January 1st, 1938,
the Council approved of this method of treating house refuse.
During the year the consent of the Minister of Health was obtained
to the lease by the Council of approximately 3.5 acres of the
former Greenbill Sewage Farm lor this purpose.
The weekly average amounts of refuse disposed of in December
were:—At the Harrow destructor, 232 tons; at the Wealdstone
destructor, 142 tons; at the Pinner controlled tip, 251 tons; and
at the Stanmore controlled tip, 265 tons.
The net cost of collection for the nine months ending December
31st was 10s. 7½d. per ton and for disposal 2s. 11d. per ton.
Towards the end of August the Stanmore controlled tip was
subjected to localised infestation with crickets.
Street Cleansing.
No changes were made during the year in the arrangements
for the cleansing of the streets in the district.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.
See Annual Reports for 1935 and 1937.
MORTUARY.
Particulars of the mortuary were contained in the Annual
Report for 1934.
154 bodies were received during the year. Post-mortem
examinations were carried out to 113, and 46 inquests were held.
32 bodies were admitted for storage and 9 bodies of persons dying
from accident or suicide on whom no post-mortem examination
was carried out in the mortuary.