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The Borough Librarian is notified of all infected premises,
and books from infected houses are returnable direct to the Public
Health Department and disinfected before their return to
circulation.
Workshops.
There are 185 factories and workshops, including domestic
workshops, laundries, blouse makers, shirt makers, tailors, boot
repairers, etc.
During the year, 181 inspections were made of workshops
and outworkers under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,
and the premises were found, with a few exceptions, in a satisfactory
condition. For details see Table on p. 142.
The Chief Inspector of Factories has informed us on 9 occasions
of the existence of nuisances in workshops and factories.
Collection of House Refuse.
There are 28,683 houses in the Borough from which house
refuse is collected weekly. During the year 21,920 tons were
removed to the destructor. To carry out this work 8 electric
and 2 horse vans were used for traction employing 30 men—
foreman, 8 electric motor-van drivers, 2 horse-van drivers, 2 motor
attendants and 17 fillers (one extra filler has been employed).
The work is greatly facilitated by occupiers placing the bins out
ready, on the day appointed, for collection. A re-arrangement of
the district for daily collection was carried out, with no little
trouble, so as to include the new houses tenanted.
The two horse-vans are entirely engaged in collecting within
a three-quarter mile radius from the destructor works.
The average weight of refuse collected for the year was:—
Per house, 15.3 cwts.; per head of population, 2.97 cwts., or 33 lbs.
per house and 6.4 lbs. per person per week.
Each electric van carried approximately 52 tons of refuse
weekly.
The total cost of collection, including all charges, was
£7,996, which is under 5s. 7d. per house, or l¼d. per week, or
7s. 4d. per ton.
The refuse is disposed of by burning, and the resultant heat
utilised for generating steam for the purpose of sewage pumping.